CNN’s Chris Cuomo was recently diagnosed with coronavirus and recently made the claim that he has emerged from quarantine. This is despite the fact that while he was contagious and supposedly quarantining he had a police report filed against him for harassing a bike ride.
According to The Daily Wire:
CNN opinion host Chris Cuomo and the left-wing network were blasted on Tuesday night over a segment on “Cuomo Prime Time” that claimed that Cuomo had just emerged from quarantine in his basement after testing positive with the coronavirus.
The controversy centers around a police report that was filed over a week ago by a man who claimed that he got into a verbal altercation with Cuomo after he encountered Cuomo allegedly violating quarantine after Cuomo tested positive for the coronavirus a couple of weeks ago.
“Over Easter weekend, Cuomo was reportedly involved in a heated altercation that took place at his East Hampton property after a bicyclist claimed that the CNN anchor was violating quarantine guidelines that were being enforced by his brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo,” Fox News reported. “A 65-year-old East Hampton resident named David was riding his bike on Easter Sunday when he spotted who he thought was the CNN anchor with two women and three children outside on their property. Cuomo had been recovering from his widely publicized coronavirus diagnosis.”
Here’s the very moment @ChrisCuomo emerged from his basement, where he’s been riding out coronavirus for the last several weeks. pic.twitter.com/tugkXCGZD7
— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) April 21, 2020
Online, numerous notable commentators quickly called out Cuomo, CNN, and the segment, claiming that CNN was lying to its viewers and that the segment was a stunt.
“Emerged from his basement.” Fredo broke quarantine last week while he was still infected and contagious. https://t.co/0U38GJDpeq
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) April 21, 2020
Why did he claim this? It’s so staged and we know it’s a lie! It’s totally unnecessary! https://t.co/S6Xhl28nDF
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) April 21, 2020
You guys are Pravda. This is so absurd I don’t know how he did it, and then Stelter passed it along, with a straight face. https://t.co/binB5Wj5DF
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) April 21, 2020
This is a proven lie. As usual, CNN doesn’t care about the facts (or most of you) https://t.co/zkBpv6Ts9h
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 21, 2020
Brian Stelter said in his newsletter that Cuomo’s wife contracted COVID-19. Cuomo in his Jesus video says she doesn’t have it. Cuomo was also witnessed on record at another property 60 miles from his basement.
How is this not a colossal Milli Vanilli like scandal for CNN? https://t.co/8kF725WLEK
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 21, 2020
Like holy shit, this isn’t a news network. Between this and Stelter turning a bedtime cry into a 4 day personal news cycle. What the fuck is going on over there? @mdornic
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 21, 2020
His chest Xray was negative, he was traveling to the Hamptons and now he’s emerging from his basement like he’s Jesus on Easter. He faked it. 100% https://t.co/PbaxuQf2WW
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 21, 2020
It remains unclear if he actually tested positive but many are asymptomatic so it is a possibility.
