On Friday's New Day show, after a pre-recorded segment with Donald Trump voters in which some talked up hopes that people will come together politically and get along in 2018, CNN co-host Chris Cuomo seemed to fret over such talk coming from those who voted Trump into office. Cuomo: "What frustrates some people about the panels is, 'Yes, that's true. They should do that -- yet they voted for somebody that exacerbated the divisions in the society, and did it to great effect and to great advantage and kind of put us in a more precarious position.'"
Co-host Alisyn Camerota -- who was the one who was seen speaking with the voters who voted for Trump in a panel discussion -- then pressed her co-host by asking: "And when you say 'what frustrates some people,' is that your own personal view?"
The obviously liberal Cuomo denied that he was speaking for himself, and then recommended that CNN should spend more time with voters who voted against Trump: "Uh, no, I mean, I like watching them. I think you have fun with them, and I enjoy the television quality of it. I do think we should talk to people who voted against President Trump also and more independent voters."
Camerota pushed back: "We have. No, no, we -- listen, we've done panels of independents."
Cuomo insisted:
No, not like we do these. But that's not my point. I don't -- it's not just me -- I'll show you my Twitter thread. I know you left this because you think it's too hostile a place, but it's there. I think it's informative to have them on, but it is frustrating objectively because there's often a disconnect -- "we want to come together, we want to be about people" -- and then you voted for somebody who did the opposite.
Camerota then recalled: "I understand, but I am hearing more often people sort of citing humanity and craving humanity. And I don't know -- maybe there's a wave for 2018."
Cuomo then further lectured: "They should vote that way, too, and then it all comes together."
