Chris Cuomo insists he never called January 6 an 'insurrection' -- only to have receipts thrown back in his face
Source: The Independent
Chris Cuomo insists he never called January 6 an ‘insurrection’ — only to have receipts thrown back in his face
‘I count at least 10 times on Twitter, back then, when you did call it an insurrection. And even mocked those who denied it,’ noted Mehdi Hasan
Justin Baragona
in New York
Tuesday 16 September 2025 16:35 BST
Chris Cuomo insisted Monday night that he had “never” referred to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol as an “insurrection,” only for progressive commentator Mehdi Hasan to post “receipts” on social media that proved the NewsNation anchor had repeatedly called it just that.
During a panel debate on Cuomo’s primetime NewsNation program, Hasan was asked to “analyze” what he was hearing “from the left” in response to the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. The Zeteo founder, however, described reaction from the right and the Trump administration as very worrisome.
“We’re in a very dark moment, a very McCarthyite moment right now,” Hasan said. “The biggest point, which I think you glossed over, is the crackdown on free speech. This targeting of people for their views. I thought Charlie Kirk was supposed to be a free speech martyr. Why is the right using his death to crack down on free speech, American rights and go after this amorphous left?”
Several mainstream media figures have lost their jobs over comments and social media posts in the wake of Kirk’s death. While hosting Kirk’s daily radio show Monday, Vice President JD Vance vowed to dismantle left-wing groups and institutions that he claimed were promoting violence and terrorism, specifically naming George Soros’s Open Society Foundations and the Ford Foundation.
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/chris-cuomo-january-6-mehdi-hasan-b2827580.html
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