Wishful thinking?
Chris Cuomo voted for his brother, Andrew Cuomo, for president — even though the disgraced former New York governor wasn’t foolish enough to run.
The fired CNN anchor announced his surprise selection during a podcast interview in which he shared a photo of his ballot — while acknowledging that it “might have been illegal” to take the photo.
“I probably shouldn’t tell you, but I can tell you who I voted for,” Cuomo, 54, told Patrick Bet-David on his PBD Podcast when the interviewer seemed to assume he was voting for Vice President Kamala Harris had voted.
“I voted for my brother. I signed him up,” Cuomo said, adding with a chuckle, “By the way, he didn’t win.”
As his shocked host repeatedly asked if Cuomo was “joking,” the NewsNation host said, “No. I’ll show you the photo.”
He then handed his phone to Beth-David, who gasped after looking at it, “Get out of here!”
Still, Cuomo was smart enough to know not to let the podcaster see it on screen, saying, “I think it might have been illegal for me to take a photo, so let’s pretend it didn’t happen.”
The journalist said his brother – who has been widely tipped off about planning a return to politics – seemed completely uneasy when told about the write-in vote.
Still, he suggested the fallen Democrat seemed to understand why his brother didn’t vote for the party’s nominee, Harris — while praising “the movement behind” newly elected President Donald Trump as “very real.”
Still, “America can do better than these two candidates,” he argued of Trump and Harris.
“I think this country can do better… For me, I just believe the choices are below the standard of American leadership. I think we have much better people to choose from.”
Then-Government. It was believed that Andrew Cuomo wanted to run for the White House in 2020 until he was persuaded not to by the man who defeated Trump in that election, current President Biden.
Cuomo ultimately resigned as governor of the Empire State in August 2021 amid a barrage of sexual harassment allegations and horrific accusations about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yet he has been repeatedly tipped as planning a return to politics, including rumors of a possible mayoral run.
Chris Cuomo, meanwhile, was fired from CNN in 2021 amid allegations that he helped defend his older brother against sexual harassment allegations.
