"Fox-itis" and The Big Lie; McCarthy's Big Tent
Let's Get After it with Chris Cuomo
English - May 11, 2021 18:59 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsNews Commentary News Politics politics issues chris cuomo cuomo news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Chris had accused Capitol rioter Anthony Antonio on Cuomo Prime Time last night- not to litigate his case but to have him explain what his lawyer called a case of ‘Fox-itis”: the idea that he truly believed the 2020 election was stolen from Trump and that he needed to go to the Capitol to fight.
Whether he is credible is up to you, but Antonio's belief that he was fed a steady diet of mis-information about a stolen election, from what he saw as credible news sources and the President himself, is something none of us should sleep on.
This, as House Leader McCarthy announces a vote Wednesday to strip Rep. Liz Cheney of her leadership position in the House for continually countering "The Big Lie". In the same breath, in a letter to his members, he argues that their party has a big tent and is a haven for "free thought and debate." Tell that to your number three.