NewsNation host Chris Cuomo shredded New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and predicted that she, and those like her, would bring about the demise of the Democratic Party.
Cuomo said that Ocasio-Cortez is destroying the party by going all in on impeaching Trump over his Iran strike, even though it led to a ceasefire.
He warned that Democrats are falling into the same trap they accuse MAGA of, which is embracing fringe extremism.
AOC, he said, keeps landing on the wrong side of every “80-20” issue, whether it’s defunding the police, cozying up to pro-Hamas rhetoric, or now trying to impeach a president for protecting Americans from radical Islam.
Ocasio-Cortez also supported New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a 33‑year‑old Socialist and New York State Assembly member, who defeated Cuomo’s brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
In his screed against Ocasio-Cortez, he mentioned his brother and his dad, the late former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, and said that the fringe Democrats could not hold a candle to him.
“How do you keep them from having the nuke? Impeach Trump is the opposite of having a better idea. You’re killing your party,” the NewsNation host said.
“You’re killing your party. And look, I hope it works out for you. I hope you guys splinter off and become, you know, whatever you really are, because you’re not a capitalist and you’re not a Democrat,” Cuomo, a former CNN host, said.
“And, you know, you can say, well, what do you know? I was raised by a real one. I was raised by a real one. Go ahead and criticize Mario Cuomo. What’s going to be your biggest insult? That he spawned me and Andrew? Is that going to be the best you have? Because you ain’t s**t compared to him. Not in terms of intelligence, not in terms of success, not in terms of pedigree, not in terms of philosophy, not in terms of mission, not in terms of eloquence, not in terms of charisma, not in terms of anything, certainly not electability,” he said.
“You are killing your party because you are not a real one because you’re doing what’s good for you in a vacuum with your little social media following, you know, different than a pod bro, and you’re killing your party. And Democrats better wake the f**k up and realize that you’re better than this. Be with the 80, not the 20,” he said.
And Cuomo was not the only one to take issue with the Democratic Socialist for her plans to impeach the president.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who backed Trump’s bold move to strike Iranian nuclear targets on Sunday, shut down rumors that Democrats would push Republicans to launch new impeachment proceedings.
The far-fetched effort gained some momentum after Democrat leaders accused President Trump of violating the Constitution by starting a “war” without congressional approval.
“Of course, no [he should not be impeached],” Fetterman told Fox News.
“She knows it. I know it. We all know it… that is not going anywhere. He has been impeached twice, and now he is still our president as well too, so it is not going anywhere, and I do not think [bringing it up is] helpful.”
Fetterman’s comments followed AOC’s latest call for impeachment, which would be a historic third attempt, after 14 “bunker buster” bombs hit Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities early Sunday.
“The President’s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers,” the Bronx congresswoman posted online shortly after the strikes were revealed.
Fetterman also warned that throwing the word “impeachment” around so casually only cheapens its meaning.
“I think if you throw that term around, that actually diminishes the severity of what impeachment is really reserved for,” he said.