Photo Credit: @ChrisCuomo on X
NewsNation host Chris Cuomo went ballistic on NCS’s Scott Jennings for utilizing the time period “illegal immigrant” and warned he shall be compelled to cease saying it when “somebody beats your ass.” Cuomo stated the pummeling could be warranted for utilizing such an “inhumane” phrase.
The ex-NCS star went off on his former colleague in a video rant posted to X and Instagram on Wednesday.
Cuomo referenced the spat Jennings acquired into with gun management activist Cameron Kasky on Monday, the place Kasky instructed Jennings he “can’t say ‘illegals anymore.’” Jennings scoffed at Kasky and told him,”How are you gonna enforce your edict on me, just out of curiosity?”
Cuomo was livid over that segment. He said there was an easy way to quiet Jennings — by beating him up.
“Be careful. You wanna be a tough guy, there are plenty of tough guys out there,” Cuomo said. “You wanna see how somebody can make you stop saying ‘illegal’? And then what are you gonna do, sue, powerful man?”
He continued a second later:
So if any person beats your ass since you’re being impolite and disrespectful and inflicting division on this nation — that’s inflicting misery and ache all around the streets and making individuals wanna damage each other — if you happen to actually wanna be a a part of that, because the expression goes, FAFO. Don’t be a powerful man.
For these unfamiliar, FAFO stands for “F*ck around, find out.”
Cuomo stated earlier within the clip that Democrats and Republicans agreed a very long time in the past to begin utilizing the time period “undocumented immigrants” — and that Jennings knew that and was being deliberately imply by disregarding it.
He added it was fantastic for Jennings to make “tough points,” however to not act like a “tough guy” whereas doing so.
Jennings began at NCS in 2017 and has develop into its breakout conservative voice in recent times. He and Cuomo labored on the community collectively for 4 years earlier than Cuomo was fired in 2021.
Watch Cuomo rip Jennings in his X clip above.
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