Chris Cuomo Shreds 'Punk-Ass Move' From GOP Senator That Blew Up His Show

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NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo connected Tuesday issued a blistering takedown of Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) arsenic helium accused the GOP lawmaker of pulling a “punk-ass move” by bailing connected a scheduled unrecorded interrogation conscionable 5 minutes earlier airtime.

“Let maine marque definite this feline didn’t substance maine with immoderate benignant of apology earlier I bash him,” Cuomo said astatine the apical of the segment. “Nope. Good.”

Cuomo claimed Kennedy canceled aft learning the interrogation would interaction connected President Donald Trump’s request for the state of his 2020 election-denying protagonist Tina Peters, who was jailed implicit an predetermination information breach.

While Cuomo acknowledged that Kennedy “makes a bully lawsuit connected a batch of things” and has “a existent populist consciousness for himself,” helium blasted the senator’s no-show. “They propulsion him out. He doesn’t adjacent telephone maine himself. He conscionable bails,” Cuomo said. “Mr. Man’s Man. Mr. ‘I’m a consecutive shooter.’”

It’s “very mediocre form,” Cuomo continued. “I’ve been successful this concern a truly agelong clip and cipher does that unless they’re a coward.”

Cuomo expressed his vexation with the governmental clime successful which helium argued officials are “more acrophobic of getting caught saying thing that volition offend the president than immoderate benignant of duty, immoderate benignant of morality, immoderate benignant of philosophy, immoderate benignant of principle.”

“They are astir thing but fealty,” helium added.

Cuomo challenged Kennedy to respond: “I anticipation this clip gets retired determination [...] and I anticipation Kennedy has the dignity and the integrity to scope retired to maine to explicate this. Tell maine however I person it wrong, due to the fact that you bail connected my amusement due to the fact that you’re excessively overmuch of a coward to marque a lawsuit unless you’re connected Fox News getting immoderate laughter way down you erstwhile you’re talking astir these talking points.”

As of Wednesday morning, Kennedy had not publically addressed the cancellation.