Posted on 01/23/2020 3:58:14 PM PST by jazusamo
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was quick to defend climate activist Greta Thunberg from "Trumpers" who mocked her on Thursday but was quickly reminded about the settlement his network recently made with Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin was asked by reporters about Thunberg's call for countries to divest from fossil fuels, which he didn't exactly take too seriously.
“Is she the chief economist? Who is she? I’m confused,” Mnuchin jokingly replied. "After she goes and studies economics in college, she can come back and explain that to us."
That didn't sit well with one particular CNN anchor.
"Why do these Trumpers think it is OK to go at a kid?" Cuomo tweeted, scolding the Trump administration.
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Critics on social media quickly reminded Cuomo about the attacks Sandmann faced by his network, which led to a major settlement earlier this month.
"Didn't your garbage network just settle a nine-figure lawsuit for defaming a Catholic child at a pro-life march?" The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis asked.
"Chris, your network literally just settled with a Covington High School kid after you smeared him," political strategist Caleb Hull told the anchor.
"The name Nick [Sandmann] escape your mind?...
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Well said.
I understand there are different standards for what constitutes slander depending on whether the target is a public figure or not.
Thunberg is a willing puppet of her activist parents, and is clearly a public figure like any politician or celebrity.
Ever notice that no one talks to this mental moron Greta Thunbrg to ask her about the environment? No one questions her credentials. She just scowls and chews people out on something she is clueless on.
Exactly, she’s nothing more than a young propagandist.
She’s a 16/17 year old RETARD !!!
I will give this nincompoop no quarter. You want to step up onto the soap box you live with the results.
I think if you speak at the UN chiding adults, and are on the cover of Time magazine, you might be a public figure.
You’re not smart, Fredo. You’re just not smart.
I don’t make fun of her because she’s a kid. I make fun of her because she (and her parents) are idiots. They are letting her be used, yes used by the climate scammers.
Spot on!
Get to the origin of the Cuomo remark.
All Mnuchin said was...HAVE THE CHILD DO SOME STUDYING AND THEN MAKE A JUDGMENT.
Chris should have had THAT thrown in his ugly face.
Everything we say is supposed to inspire HEATED RAGE
They really are unable to THINK.
Huge difference between a kid who scolds adults in public with the approval of her parents and a kid on a class trip who gets harassed by a weirdo with a drum..
#FakeNewsFredo is a thug from a family of thugs.
Put a sock in it Chrissy.
Twitter is a godscent in some ways. It really is the only way to express truth where it will be seen. Now whether Cuomo himself sees it, I don’t know, but his staff certainly will.
Greta has made herself a public figure. That’s another difference, Fredo. Nick did not put himself in the spotlight.
If Greta was spouting Nazi propaganda would Fredo defend her from criticism?
Never mind that Greta has been diagnosed with an illness like autism.
How did she get to Switzerland. Did her vehicle or plane use carbon-burning fuels?
How dare her!
Is Fredo the same height as robert deniro? He certainly sounds like the same kind of bully punk
I can’t stand that jerk De Niro and I rate Fredo right down there with him.
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