Cuomo Wonders if Capitol Attack Is ‘End for this Country,’ Walks It Back

Nicholas Fondacaro | January 6, 2021
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Taking a break from the Senate speeches after the seditious attack on the Capitol building Wednesday, CNN PrimeTime host Chris Cuomo openly wondered if the day’s chaos may “mark a beginning or an end for this country.” Some time went by before he eventually walked it back, but not before he received surprising push back from another liberal journalist.

“Now, David, we've heard many of our colleagues today saying the events were surreal, unimaginable. I disagree. I think it was all too real. I think this is where we are, and we’ve been blind to it, many of us who don't get to travel around the country a lot. This is who we are,” Cuomo chided in speaking to former CNN host David Gregory.

There are a lot of people who believe with what those people were thinking and doing today at the Capitol. The question is, does this mark a beginning or an end for this country,” Cuomo asked his guest.

Surprisingly, Gregory refuted Cuomo’s assertion and argued that Republicans and most Trump supporters were not in support of the violence on Capitol Hill. But of course, Cuomo couldn’t have that.

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