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If CNN PrimeTime host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo was known for anything, it was his desire to use physical violence against his opponents at nearly every turn. Whether it was threatening to throw a Trump supporter down a flight of stairs, fantasizing about choking and punching his critics, to openly threatening the lives of Republican lawmakers, violence was part of who he was. But on Monday, Fredo had the audacity to exploit Martin Luther King Jr. Day to suddenly preach peace and love.
“Hope with me that today Dr. King's example inspires the many striving for better and enlightens the toxic few determined to be their worst,” he proclaimed. “We could not have a better reminder that you can't kill an idea with violence. Only a better idea can prevail. Equality and justice as Dr. King taught us.”
Adding: “They are the best ideas. Darkness can only be removed by the light of truth. And love is the ultimate form of truth. But also that racial progress can enrage some in the majority and that violence can be used as a refuge for those coming from a place of animus and ignorance. And that democracy, even in America, is a fragile, fragile thing.”
What an opportunist hypocrite Fredo was. And he made all those pompous statements then later bashed Republicans for sharing King quotes.
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