Posted on 08/13/2019 3:38:34 AM PDT by bryan999
CNNs Chris Cuomo erupted at a man who apparently called him Fredo, in a video that went viral Monday night.
The encounter between Cuomo and the man happened at a Shelter Island bar on Sunday.
Punk-ass bitches from the right call me Fredo, Cuomo told the man. My name is Chris Cuomo. Im an anchor on CNN. Fredo is from The Godfather.
They use it as an Italian aspersion. Any of you Italian? he continued. Its an insult to your f****** people. Its like the N-word for us.
They went back and forth, and at one point Cuomo said, Ill f****** ruin your shit. Ill f****** throw you down these stairs like a f******* punk.
A CNN spokesperson told Mediaite in a statement, Chris Cuomo defended himself when he was verbally attacked with the use of an ethnic slur in an orchestrated setup. We completely support him.
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CNN and Fredo Cuomo didnt object when one of Cuomos guests used the very same ethnic slur on Trump Jr. Ya got some splainin to do, CNN.
“Fredo” is not used as a slur against Italians in particular. It is usually used to refer to someone who is the underachiever of his family, is a little slow, yet thinks he is smarter than he is. It refers to a character from the Godfather movies. If ever there was a Fredo, it is Chris Cuomo.
Fredo. Looks like he’s got a new nickname. hehe
I’m Italian and I call BS on Cuomo’s feigned indignance.
“He cant be fired, he is the Governors brother, but guess what button gets pushed from now on.”
Yup. He was hired because he was Mario’s son, which is the same reason Andrew is Gov of NY.
If any one ever did that, they would know they two words do not have the same impact.
Fredo Cuomo is a homo that resents being called names, especially by Rush Limbaugh.
Everyone that is a fan of the Godfather, versions I & II, knows that Fredo was slow because of a childhood illness, and for no other reason.
There are no fans of the godfather 3, it was a cheap hollyweird rip off and is as unwatchable as is cnn.
“Sayyyy, isnt bitches basically the n word for women?”
No, it’s the word that rhymes with Runt.
It ain’t the way I wanted it! I can handle things! I’m smart! Not like everybody says... like dumb... I’m smart and I want respect!
“he was verbally attacked with the use of an ethnic slur”
but they see nothing wrong with attacking Whitey with every imaginable lie.
Id think wop or guinea or goombah would meet the standard of the n-word.... and not even.
Dont pie-Zahn and dago and guido
What a thug this Fredo Cuomo is.
Oooooooo, cant miss Rush today, this is gonna be good.
That too!
Fredo is as much an Italian slur as reading Wikileaks is only legal for journalists. Chrissy is full of it. In the Cuomos, he is “Fredo”.
It’s not ok when Trump or his supporters defend themselves from media and Antifa verbal and physical attacks though.
The Urban Dictionary has this:
Guido: A sad pathetic excuse for a male; not necessarily of Italian descent, but most likely; usually native to the New York/New Jersey Tri-State area.
Maybe Fredo got his pejoratives crossed.
Oh, so it’s more of an insult to stupid people who think they are smart. Is this what’s known as irony? Or coincidence?
If he comes to my neck of the woods, I’ll go out and buy a bullhorn and follow him around announcing, “Here come de Fredo,” and “Look out! It’s Fredo,” and “Get your Fredo, right here,” and “Have some fun with Fredo,” and so on. I mean, the possibilities are endless.
I think Rush was the one who “coined” that — connecting it with Chris Cuomo. CC is the loser sibling, like Fredo was the loser sibling in “Godfather”.
And “Fredo” didn’t become comparable to the N word until CC pulled that out of his ass this week. It’s just a man’s name, short for Alfredo, I’ve heard.
WHEN will the MSM stop LYING?
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