The Chris Cuomo Project - Chris Cuomo answers YouTube comments about Tucker Carlson, impeachment, insurrection, and more

Episode Date: February 22, 2024

Chris Cuomo responds to another batch of YouTube comments and listener calls, including questions about a possible conversation with Tucker Carlson, the origins of the “Let’s Get After It” phrase, an insurrection being a reason for impeachment, staying out of Facebook jail, and non-chopped cheese sandwiches the audience would like to see Chris enjoy.  Join Chris Ad-Free On Substack: http://thechriscuomoproject.substack.com Follow and subscribe to The Chris Cuomo Project on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday: https://linktr.ee/cuomoproject Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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price is going to vary based on product and subscription plan hey chris just wanted to say you're doing a great job since picking up this blog it's really been helping me out got a lot of good advice on here and i just had a question for you have you ever considered having a just one-on-one conversation with tucker carlson just the two of you because for some reason i feel like it's just a loss to not have a Cuomo and a Carlson being like at least cool with each other, having like a regular conversation. I know there's political stuff, but you both seem like pretty level-headed, good people. Be cool to see a conversation, or maybe it's not even about political stuff. You just talk about like growing

up or be cool to see you guys have a conversation. But I love what you're doing, man. It's been, you know, a good part of my weeks, love what you're doing, man. It's been, you know, good part of my weeks and yeah. Thank you. Bye. First of all, thank you. Okay. Um, as they tell you on the airline, you have a lot of choices. Thank you for choosing us. I really appreciate it. Uh, we put a lot of work into this and I'm so satisfied to hear that it is helpful to you. That's all that matters to me. So thank you very much for giving me the opportunity. Thank you for relaying that it is helpful to you. You want to know a secret?

I know Tucker Carlson. We have spoken many times. We have the same attorney. And I totally get why you feel that he is a good guy. Do I like being coupled with him? No. Why? Because I believe that he believes a lot of really far out things that plays to some conspiracies and fringe thinking that is the opposite of what I'm about. Now, am I making a judgment about him as a person? Absolutely not. I cannot like your ideas, but like you personally. Now, that said, what's right is right, brother. Do some homework. That mofo took some real bites

out of my ass that were really gratuitous. And he has this really kind of amusing way of just dismissing that. Like, yeah, that's the job. That's the business. You were the biggest target at CNN. So yeah, it's what it is, which I'm glad is so such an article of convenience for him. Meanwhile, I feel like taking him. No, I have gotten to know him. I totally understand why he has such a big fan club.

And I would have no problem spending time with him, and I'm sure we will at some point. Hey, Chris. Joe from North Jersey. And I'm just curious how the Let's Get After It came about. You may have explained it many times, but I missed it. Enjoying everything you do. Keep it up. Bye. So it was a personal motivation phrase for me. And then it was a mistake. I was on television. I had started the or restarted the morning show for CNN. They had had this like political commentator on in the morning who like just

tanked the audience, even for CNN standards back then. And we went back to doing a show that people might actually want to watch. And I was having trouble with the reset at the bottom of one hour to go into the next hour because it was a three hour show. And I was trying to get the prompter to speed up. And I was talking out loud to the prompter operator. And I was trying to motivate myself and get this guy motivated to move through it. And I was like, come on, let's go, let's get after it. And it started to become like a thing that I would just do to kind of get us into the next hour and get us into whatever it was. And then it, for me, started to galvanize my feeling about what our collective intention should be, which is to stop dancing around problems, stop exploiting them, and let's just confront them. Let's just go. So that's where it came from.

I'm going to play these two calls back to back. Hey, Chris. My name is Luke. I'm from St. Paul, Minnesota. I just wanted it came from. I'm going to play these two calls back to back. Hey, Chris, my name is Luke. I'm from St. Paul, Minnesota. I just want to call and say I'm such a huge fan of your show on News Nation and also the one on YouTube, Chris Cuomo Project. Really good stuff. Why you have like in-depth guests and not, you know, just clickbait stuff for views. I really respect that you're kind of doing that.

It's a rare thing to find nowadays. All right, keep up the good work. Thank you. Appreciate it for all you do. Hey, Chris. This is Jesus. I usually don't make these calls, but I think you're doing a great job. And you're probably one of the only ones out there who's actually hitting it right on the nose.

We've got big problems in this country. And then they're monkeying around with impeachment and crap and this and that. You know, the left is gone off the rails and the right, it's even worse. So keep up the good work. Thank you. You always say I only cherry pick the mean stuff. I want to put some nice stuff in here to let you know the audience appears to appreciate the work you're doing. Yes. And no less, Jesus.

Oh, Jesus. Oh, it wasn't. It's a pronunciation thing. I'm sure he'll appreciate it. It wasn't the real one. No, that wasn't Jesus Christ, our King. That was a man called Jesus. Do you know that?

I don't know that. For all I know, that is Jesus Christ, many's Lord and Savior. And he's calling into the Chris Cuomo project because he's got nothing better to do. All these prayers go unanswered. And he said he's killing time on call rail. I appreciate it.

I appreciate it. I appreciate it. Why? Because we do it for you. I want to just be helpful to you in your own process. I really do. I know so many people have so many ideas about what agendas I'm driving. And it's just such nonsense. It really is. I can't tell you how off the mark it is. If this is helpful to you, awesome.

But I do want to inform your own opinion. The reason that the left is going crazy this way and the right is going that way, as you say, is because it works. Because we're magnifying minority voices and there are more and more Jesuses in our society who are like, what the fuck is going on? Who are these people? What is this? What is this? Because the minority is taking over from the majority. Why? Because of digital media and the media reflecting what happens in digital media, social media,

as if it were Vox Populi, when these are minorities. Look, even when you look at the Trump phenomenon, the country is very divided and it's growing more so, but it's being forced to be. His hardline base across the country, even against Biden a year out, he doesn't have half the country. So what does that tell you? It's not about the majority. It's about having forced division. And the fringes are making it happen. Why? They get magnified coverage on social media. The media then echoes that and makes them into something, even though they don't represent things. It's reflected in our own system. You now have half of your political representation in Congress representing less than 40% of the country. How? Because of the impact of

the fringe and that magnification principle, especially in the primary system where you get ardent voters come out more. So fringe types can have outsized influence in that primary process, which is another piece of proof about why this two-party system must die. So thank you for understanding the need. Thank you for giving me a chance to be a help to you. And I'm glad it's working. And if you are Jesus Christ, thank you for coming back. I hope you're having a good time. Wouldn't he know that you already think that? Is he a mind reader? I don't know the whole...

Is Jesus a mind reader? I don't know. How would he know that? I don't know. I don't know all his powers. How would Jesus know what you are thinking? How would Jesus know what you are thinking? The arrogance, the unmitigated gall that you would think something like that. What are you talking about?

You're the one who put that thought into my head. Really? Yeah. I put the thought into your head. That's right. Jesus doesn't know what you're thinking, but I can put thoughts in your head. What does that say about... Wow.

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Biden. Nicey B writes, I appreciate you laying things out the way you do logically. I wish more people could get past their feelings in these situations and apply the logic that we have rules and policies that we go by, whether we like it or not. 19 people like that. Politics, baby. policies that we go by, whether we like it or not. 19 people like that. Politics, baby. Play to feeling, not facts. And especially when you're in a binary system, all you have to do is make the other guy lose. And you do that by trashing them. That's why it plays to the human, you know, the proclivity towards the negative and self-protection. You want to be protected from threats to what you are about and what you care about, what you value. That's why negative commercials are such a bigger percentage of ad buys than positive ones. And that's why we see them investigating the shit

out of each other. That showing that the other guy is worse is what's getting it done right now until you demand better. From that same episode, Debbie Redmond, 3,325 writes, if an insurrection is not a reason for impeachment then nothing is i don't disagree i i think being part of an insurrection is a reason for impeachment is it a crime uh it depends on whether or not they can make the case about you reaching a level of criminality you can show support for people and what they do eventually that you didn't plan or participate in actively. And it would not be a crime, but could absolutely be impeachable because that's not a legal standard. It's a political one.

This is from your interview with Ross Coulthard. Karth SR 6986 writes, this dude Ross Coulthard is a kook. He wants to sell his book on aliens. He is not a kook. He wants to sell his book on aliens. He is not a kook. He is a journalist who has researched convictions and his reporting has not been taken down by anybody. And if anything, time only proves him more and more true.

You know, again, I don't care if you call the guy a kook, although Mike Tyson is right. Social media and its anonymity have made people like you way too comfortable saying things that used to get you smacked in the nose. And I think that there is a little bit of value in that insight. We're too quick to say nasty shit, insults instead of insights as a proxy for anything valuable. That's social media. That's the anonymity. Would you say that shit at work? Would you go up to your boss and say, I think you're a kook? Well, no, but Ross Colthart isn't

my boss. Right. But you don't talk to people that way. And I really think we got to get back to it. Now, the irony is I'm the one calling for it. And guess what? I do talk to people that way. Why? Because I'm willing to back up my words. Sometimes it leaves me flat on my ass in my past, and sometimes it's left somebody else flat in their ass in my past. My point is, you should be careful about how you regard things that you disagree with before you go maligning the person's character in the process, okay? You should be better than that. Evidently, you're not. At Corinne Winter-Russet1650 writes, keep going, Chris. Take a Popsicle stick, glue it to the back of an index card, write the word that puts you in Facebook jail, hold it up when you want to say it, don't

say it. Scott Reich on Crime Talk did this, cracks me up every time. This is from your censorship video. Look, it's a problem. Now, I think it's also a problem with the adaptability of AI and how we're using it more than it is ready to be used. And look, we see it also, even this Pat McAfee thing. I don't even know who the guy is, to be honest. I'm not that big a sports fan. I'm much more of a fight fan. I watch sports, but purely as entertainment. And I don't follow it on a trivia level. If I do care at all, it's about the wagering now. I'm getting more and more into it. But we have a problem with shutting down thoughts and ideas that we don't like.

And maybe we're right to not like them, but we are wrong with how we're going about it. And deplatforming and getting people fired and shutting them down only empowers those ideas. We have seen no other outcome. How did work kicking Trump off Twitter, by the way? Really made him go away, didn't it? She said to write something. I'm going to throw you a, you have a notebook right there.

If you want to do what she said, if you have a word, you think you're going to get in Facebook jail, you could write it on your notebook. Should I just throw this? Yeah, to help you. If you have a word you want to use that Facebook might get you in trouble for or something, you can hold that up right now and put it on the screen.

Here's another one. But I don't want to do that. She's just recommending something. Yeah, I don't want that. I'm not looking to bait Facebook. They censored our stuff for absolutely no good reason. We had all this stuff on live television. I mean, it was absurd.

It's just absurd. Finally, we've had a back and forth on this program about chopped cheese sandwiches. And we've covered this ad nauseum, but we have been getting a lot of comments on this. Yeah. We put out the question, what sandwich should I try next? Sabrina Roach, the 2023 says, chicken patty.

That ain't a New York thing either. I tried. Tracy Holt, 88223 says, Vegemite and cheese. And Irene. I've had Vegemite. Vegemite's good.

Have you paired it with the right, like strong cheddar or some Branston pickle? Branston pickle. Yeah. He is such a hipster. I'm not a hipster. I have British friends. You get some Branston pickle, some Vegemite or some Marston pickle. Branston pickle. Yeah. He is such a hipster. I'm not a hipster.

I have British friends. You get some Branston pickle, some Vegemite or some Marmite. I'm telling you. And like a Stilton or something. Such a hipster. And then Irene Campos, TK2VD writes,

a truth sandwich would be nice, but we know Fredo can't stomach that. That's funny. That's good. That's good. These are some other Chop G's funny. That's good. That's good. These are some other Chop Cheese comments. Teresa Minamon 1190 writes,

I'm a native New Yorker since the 50s and never heard of a Chop Cheese sandwich. Of course she has. Worked in New York City, Bronx, Queens. No Chop Cheese. Your staff is nuts. LOL. Love the show. Would you like to respond to that? Would you like to expound? I would because there's actually a similar comment. NVTJ 516 writes, Chris, we know the sandwich was good.

Long Island here, girl. The sandwich became popular years ago. Bullshit. Long Island, girl. Maybe like three or five years ago. Doesn't say, just says years. Look, I don't know what you want me to tell you, okay? I've been here my whole life.

All right. And there is no chopped cheese that is a part of New York kind of like intrinsic culture. It's just not, it may be becoming that now. Okay. That's fine. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. That's all. And finally, Mitch Barnett, 8805 writes, hi, Greg, could you put exactly what is on a chopped cheese sandwich so I could try it at home here in Canada? Thank you and Happy New Year to all of you. Love the podcast. You can probably get it there

because it's as likely popular in Canada as it is in New York. No, this is a New York thing. It's not a New York thing. It's a hamburger in a hero. Mitch, I'm going to tell you right now, this is just like an ingredients list. This looks accurate to me. Hoagie bun. It's like a long bun. Hoagie is not a New York word. This is the recipe, but I use this word, you shit all over me, but that is the word that is used in these

recipes. Hoagie, mayonnaise, butter, onion, ground beef, salt, pepper, American cheese, lettuce, tomato. And then I add peppers and I add hot sauce. Tomato? Yeah, I'll put an actual link. Where's that from, by the way? The garden. No, no, no. Who told you to say that word that way?

You ever hear the phrase tomato, tomato? I choose the latter. But not in America. Who cares where you're saying? You know what the word means. Everybody knows what the word means. And so there's no question here. Do your parents say tomato?

We don't talk about this kind of stuff in my family. What, fruit? Yeah. It's tomato. Says you. You got this Anglophile thing. Anglophile. The Branston whatever.

Branston pickle. It's really good. Marmite, yeah. Are you going to start saying pip pip and fa fa fa fa? I would love to, man. I would love to live in the UK. That'd be very fun. Are you one of the royals?

Oh yeah, I'm a big Prince Philip guy. Prince Philip. See, he's trying to get me again like he did with Kamala Harris's husband. Prince Philip is the number two to the now fallen queen. Look, you are of an affect that I think that you got to consider at some point. I'm of an affect?

You have an affect. What is the affect? You go a little Anglo. You're a little bit of an Anglophile. You like the Brits and you like to emulate them. Okay, that's fine. But that's where the tomato thing comes in. You know, we came from Britain.

This whole country was like a spinoff. Not me. Okay, not you. I'm seeing the country. Not your furry friend in the corner. The we being the American experiment, not the two other men sitting in this room right now. What is this?

I'm not trying to be funny. You made Amherst run away. Yeah, Amherst ran away. You think this is funny. All I'm talking about is a sandwich a man is trying to enjoy. It's just not a New York thing. Go to Tim Hortons. And you've taught yourself to say the word tomato because like, you know, you're like trying to be something. I'm not trying to be anything. I'm just, uh, did you grow up saying tomato or tomato? I was very young. I don't remember when

I was, what I was saying when I was a child. Did your wife say tomato or tomato? We don't talk about this kind of stuff. She's never said the word in your presence. It just doesn't come up. We're closer than that. How many of you say tomato, by the way? How many, seriously? How many? Tomato catsup.

Oh my God. He's obviously playing me, but I'll let it go. The hook is so deeply embedded in my jaw. Catsup. so deeply embedded in my jaw. Can't sell it. Well, there you have it. There are the comments. Greg Ott was feeling good about it. He's chuckling himself right now.

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