Chris Cuomo Rips Ted Cruz Over Trump: ‘The One Who Said You Wife Was Ugly!’
During the Wednesday night interview on CNN, anchor Chris Cuomo clashed with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) while trying to discuss the upcoming Supreme Court battle and Cruz’s latest book.
The conversation quickly turned into a 20-minute shouting match with personal insults after Cuomo asked Cruz about President Donald Trump refusing to condemn white supremacists and militia groups during Tuesday’s presidential debate against Democratic candidate Joe Biden. “The press is partisan in this regard,” Cruz said. “Ten years ago, 2010, Joe Biden gave a eulogy for Robert Byrd who was a Klan cyclops of the KKK.” Cuomo then responded, “You’re really going to go with that? You’re going to go with this weak-ass argument here?! Byrd, who had a complete enlightenment about how hate was wrong, who changed his life, who spoke about it.”
From there, Cuomo said Trump similarly refused to disavow KKK leader David Duke and referred to “very fine people” in Charlottesville. He also reminded Cruz that Trump once called Cruz’s wife Heidi ugly during the 2016 Republican primary and pushed conspiracy theories about Cruz’s father being involved in the JFK assassination, CNN notes. “The old Ted Cruz, who he called Lyin’ Ted when he wasn’t insulting your wife and father, what happened to that Ted? I don’t know if he changed or just you changed, for some reason,” Cuomo said. Cruz then switched gears, attacking the CNN host’s brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, over his response to the coronavirus pandemic and deaths in nursing homes.
Cruz fired back:
“How about telling your brother to get on it?”
“My brother will stand on his own record,” the CNN host said, defending Gov. Cuomo. “Why don’t you talk to the president like you talk to my brother, Ted? You afraid of him? You think he’ll smack you down at home? Is that what it is? Like he shut you up in the primary? I’m talking about the president. My brother’s not the president,” Chris Cuomo continued. “The one who called you a liar, who said your wife was ugly, that guy! The guy now who you won’t say anything about!”
The video quickly went viral as viewers took to social media to react to the clip.
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