A former CNN host Saturday came under fire for his response to New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s comment about the recent West Virginia shooting.
Mamdani said, “I’m devastated to learn of the passing of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard. She was only twenty years old. As families across the nation come together today to celebrate Thanksgiving, let us take a moment to think of those in West Virginia who have been plunged into unimaginable grief.”
That didn’t sit well with Christopher C. Cuomo, now a host at NewsNation.
“Devastated? Sarah did not ‘pass’ …she was murdered. And there is only one reason to write a passive response like this,” the host wrote. “This is not about prejudice vs muslims…it is about calling out extremism. He should have stayed quiet…like the rest of the far left.”
But reporter Ryan Grim was quick to call out Cuomo, whose brother recently lost to Mamdani in the race to become the NY mayor.
“The Mamdani post was simply an acknowledgment that she had not pulled through as hoped for, which makes ‘passing’ appropriate,” Grim wrote. “Cuomo is a hate monger who is exploiting the death of a servicemember to fuel his pathetic grudge on behalf of his loser brother.”
Reed Galen, co-founder of the anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project, also chimed in, saying, “You sir, are a moron. Lay off the ‘roids and the Ozempic.”
“Touch some grass, leave others in peace,” Galen then added.
Music director T. Kareem Powell wrote, “Dude, I know your brother lost to him TWICE, but can you at least find something of substance to criticize him about?”
“The ‘minority did not denounce this strongly enough for my (white) taste’ approach really emphasizes your entitlement mentality,” the user wrote on X Saturday.
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