Chris Cuomo
Role at the time: NewsNation host, in a post on X
Statement summary
Quoting Benny Johnson's post, which says the clip shows who the hosts' side is and that they want you dead, Cuomo replies that whatever they are, Johnson was just judged as worse, and tells him to go away. The post is addressed to Johnson and gives no view on the hosts' laughter.
“Whatever they are, you were just judged as worse...let that sink in. Then go away.”
Why we used this label
The reference point is Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan's on-air laughter at a post about digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again, and the remarks that followed, on the November 5, 2026 episode of I've Had It. Cuomo answers Johnson's description of the hosts and their side ("This is who they are") by telling Johnson "you were just judged as worse". He disputes Johnson's characterization and gives no view on the laughter itself, so the post does not defend or excuse the hosts.