Cuomo Touts Georgia Election Official He Once Accused of Voter Suppression

Nicholas Fondacaro | January 4, 2021
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Some of you might remember when CNN PrimeTime host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo went toe-to-toe with Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling regarding the baseless accusations of voter suppression against the black community last year. In fact, Sterling made Fredo look like such a fool, that the schooling made it into NewsBusters’ top Fredo moments of 2020. Well, Cuomo seemed to have a bit of a change of heart on Monday (the first episode of 2021) and highlighted Sterling refuting claims of election fraud.

After continuing his effort to stoke hatred of Republicans with dangerous rhetoric, and repeating debunked claims of insider trading against Georgia Senate candidate David Perdue (R), Fredo declared: “The truth literally sickens these people.” “These people” being Republicans.

Adding: “And remember this. I'm not telling you something that isn't known, that you don't even know by now. The truth is known. Their own party members confirm it. Takes us to exhibit C.”

Cuomo immediately highlighted a soundbite of Sterling at a press conference on Monday going through a list of President Trump’s accusations of election fraud in Georgia and refuting them.

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