Former CNN and current NewsNation host Chris Cuomo traveled over to HBO and Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday, where he alleged that no prior president has done “more absurd bullshit” than President Trump. However, not only did Cuomo prove to have the memory of a goldfish, but he also misrepresented the allegations against the Southern Poverty Law Center in order to make his point.
Cuomo confidently declared, “He is doing more absurd bullshit as president of the United States than we have ever seen before. We have never had a president even think about, ‘You know what I'm going to do? Let me sign this right now and change the constitution.’ Nobody has ever been ignorant and arrogant enough to try something like that. ‘That I'm going to change birthright citizenship. I don't think it's the way it works for us anymore.’”
NewsNation's Chris Cuomo tells Bill Maher that Trump "Is doing more absurd bullshit as president of the United States than we have ever seen before. We've never had a president even think about, 'you know what I'm going to do? Let me sign this right now and change the… pic.twitter.com/X3pD3K7F1p
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President Biden prepared to leave office by literally trying to amend the Constitution via a tweet. Nevertheless, Cuomo rolled on, “The problem is I feel bad for the people who voted for him because they were right to want to see the lawfare stop. They were right to see it stopped. You should not use your power to punish your political enemies, and we saw way too much of it. The problem is he's doing more of it than ever.”
Cuomo then tried to give some examples, “If you hear, God forbid, they're looking at you. Bill, you better call everybody you know because you've got problems, but now they lose cases. They have like a 97% conviction rate. He’s bringing it down. Why? BS cases that are political payback. James Comey, that was embarrassing. What they did with Powell was embarrassing, and they're losing. What they're doing with the Southern Poverty Law Center. People are really going to believe they created the KKK?”
Precisely zero people have said the SPLC created the KKK. The allegation is that they funded it while portraying themselves as people who fight hate.
Here is a transcript for the April 24 show:
HBO Real Time with Bill Maher
4/24/2026
10:25 PM ET
CHRIS CUOMO: He is doing more absurd bullshit as president of the United States than we have ever seen before. We have never had a president even think about, “You know what I'm going to do? Let me sign this right now and change the constitution.”
Nobody has ever been ignorant and arrogant enough to try something like that. “That I'm going to change birthright citizenship. I don't think it's the way it works for us anymore.”
They have to check him. The problem is I feel bad for the people who voted for him because they were right to want to see the lawfare stop. They were right to see it stopped. You should not use your power to punish your political enemies, and we saw way too much of it. The problem is he's doing more of it than ever.
And for the DOJ, which, you know, Sarah was the voice of the DOJ. Glad you're not right now, by the way—
SARAH ISGUR: Me too.
CUOMO: It might help the book sales, but, you know, that, they usually, if you hear, God forbid, they're looking at you. Bill, you better call everybody you know because you've got problems, but now they lose cases. They have like a 97% conviction rate. He’s bringing it down. Why? BS cases that are political payback. James Comey, that was embarrassing. What they did with Powell was embarrassing, and they're losing. What they're doing with the Southern Poverty Law Center. People are really going to believe they created the KKK?
