CNN's Cuomo Takes Shot at Kavanaugh, Resurrects Guttenberg Conspiracy Theory

During Thursday's edition of Cuomo Prime Time, host Chris Cuomo admitted that "Kavanaugh didn't start the fire" when it came to Supreme Court nominees avoiding giving answers to specific questions on how they might rule on hypothetical cases that may come before them.  Cuomo correctly mentioned that "It's been burning since Robert Bork was burning and said too much and got dinged. Since then, from the left and the right, they protect their nominees with numbers and non-questions and non-answers, and both parties play to it when in power." Cuomo also brought up the fact that Kavanaugh's basketball team showed up at the hearing, saying "I hope he coaches them to be as evasive on the hoop court as he is about what he would be doing on the Supreme Court."  He concluded his rant by bringing up Kavanaugh's alleged refusal to shake hands with Fred Guttenberg, the father of a victim of the Parkland school shooting, which The White House later clarified as a "misunderstanding." According to Cuomo, "he refused to apologize or give the man any respect." He brought up a talking point by a Democratic Senator, who asked "if he won't shake the hand of a man whose kid was murdered simply because of that man's political leanings, can he be trusted to give a fair shake to cases that he's going to see?"