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Ex-CNN star Chris Cuomo gave his candid thoughts on Vice President Kamala Harris, suggesting that she "is not a godsend" or the "Black female Jesus."
Cuomo, who is now a host on NewsNation, gave his take on Harris during the latest episode of "The Chris Cuomo Project."
“Kamala Harris is not a godsend, alright?” he said. “You people didn’t even like her six months ago! Now all of a sudden, she’s Black female Jesus, the way Obama was Black Jesus. And let me tell you something. He had a lot more going for him than Kamala Harris does — and not just as firsts go — but his type of campaigning, his type of persuasion, his charisma. He was imbued with things that she is not. And I don’t mean that as a criticism. It’s just a point of comparison.”
The NewsNation host echoed a popular GOP talking point that Harris didn't earn her presidential nomination after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
“There is an underlying feeling that she didn’t get this the right way, she may not have won a primary,” Cuomo said. “She didn’t even make it to the first round of primaries when she did run. And that is both fair and unfair at the same time.”
Cuomo then urged Democrats to not hide their criticism of Harris.
“This idea of, ‘Don’t say anything bad about her because Trump,’ I don’t buy that,” he said. “I don’t buy that, and it’s not how you get to a better place. It’s a relative assessment. She has negatives. So does he. Does he have more? Yeah. He also has a way more intense following. That’s why this race is so tight.”
“Unless you want to write off half this country as bigots, how do you explain it being so tight?” Cuomo continued. “Maybe you’re not as right about everything as you think you are. Maybe you should be a little bit more open to the people that you disagree with. Maybe they’re not all racists.”
Watch Cuomo's full comments about Harris below.
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