A viral video meme tweeted by “Reagan Battalion” shows a Tuesday July 7th clip of CNN anchors Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo mocking Republicans talking about the rise in crime across the country. In this segment Chris Cuomo appears to flippantly downplay the notion of rising crime as a “fear mongering” tactic of the right. Don Lemon suggests the notion is a ruse by saying “and the people that you saw there, by the most part…as a whole, fall for it.”
In the second part of the video is a clip of Chris Cuomo from Wednesday July 8th, a single day later In this clip, Cuomo’s tone could not be more different. This time, Cuomo is discussing the rise in crime across the nation but is dead serious and somber.
In the two weeks since, it’s become increasingly clear that the rise in crime in cities such as Chicago, is very real.
Incredible Teevee!
Tuesday: @ChrisCuomo mockes Republicans for claiming that crime is rising in American cities claiming that they are just trying to scare people into voting for @realDonaldTrump.
Wednesday: @ChrisCuomo claims crime is rising, & criticizes Trump for inaction. pic.twitter.com/wUfo7uJKzx
— Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) July 9, 2020
Some of the responses at the time included “Orwellian how the act” and “hypocrisy at its best.”
it is Orwellian how they act
— Thuggee 🎃 (@thuggee168) July 9, 2020
CNN at its best
— Sempera1637(Q) (@Sempera1637) July 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/DaBearsk35/status/1281300478110896131?s=20
Clown show
— michael anderson (@manderpile) July 9, 2020