America’s Worst Political STD: The Cuomos

The Cuomo’s are like New York’s STD gifted to the rest of the nation. No matter how many rounds of antibiotics we take, they keep showing up. Just when it seems like the fever has broken, Andrew resurfaces in a mayoral race and Chris stumbles into the news cycle again, confused and loud.

This week, Chris Cuomo reposted a clearly labeled AI deepfake of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The video, marked “deepfake” in bold lettering, showed a fake AOC ranting on the House floor about a Sydney Sweeney jeans ad being racist. Cuomo, performing outrage, posted it with a caption about Democrats ignoring terrorism but spending time on “small culture wars.”

Ocasio-Cortez responded immediately. “This is a deepfake dude. Please use your critical thinking skills,” she wrote. “At this point you’re just reposting Facebook memes and calling it journalism.”

Instead of acknowledging the mistake, Cuomo offered a tepid correction followed by a bizarre deflection. “You are correct… that was a deepfake (but it really does sound like you).” Then he pivoted to a lecture about Hamas and a car bombing in suburban St. Louis, somehow turning his own gullibility into an attack on AOC’s foreign policy positions.

This is why the Cuomo brand must end. Not because of one bad Instagram post, but because of what that post represents. Chris Cuomo doesn’t do journalism. He performs grievance. He peddles confusion, dresses it up as clarity, and lashes out when anyone dares point out the difference.

After being fired by CNN in 2021 for helping his brother manage a sexual harassment scandal, Cuomo landed at NewsNation, a Chicago-based network still trying to figure out what it wants to be. What Cuomo brought with him was not experience or credibility. He brought spectacle. Ego. A low-level hum of self-righteous nonsense.

He has nothing to offer, just like his older brother. New Yorkers can end this dynasty at the ballot box. Viewers can end it with the remote.