Chris Cuomo Slams Chris Murphy For 'cheap Shot' Suggestion That Trump Funding Cuts Played Part In Texas Floods

NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo blasted Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., connected Tuesday for his "cheap shot" proposal that President Donald Trump's cuts to national backing played a domiciled successful nan devastating Texas Floods earlier this week.

Cuomo accused nan legislator of taking a "cheap changeable against dormant kids" to people governmental points against Trump, and informed his assemblage that he nary longer wants Murphy connected nan programme arsenic a guest.

"Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, I've been trying to get him connected nan show, now I don't want him," nan ex-CNN big said.

Murphy's X post read: "Accurate upwind forecasting helps debar fatal disasters. There are consequences to Trump’s brainless attacks connected nationalist workers, for illustration meteorologists."

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Cuomo noted that nan national for nan National Weather Service (NWS), which has been captious of Trump's cuts successful nan past, put retired a connection confirming that nan NWS was afloat staffed astatine nan clip of nan floods, contradicting Murphy's assertion.

"Meteorologists are not faulting nan National Weather Service. They're noting that they began to escalate nan flood warnings arsenic overmuch arsenic 12 hours successful beforehand of nan floods — truthful unopen up Murphy!" Cuomo exclaimed.

Furthering his constituent connected politicians using nan floods successful Texas to people points, Cuomo based on that nan politicization of tragedies is "killing us."

"We person to spot that nan interests of nan galore are being held hostage by nan obsessions of nan fewer — connected some sides," he said. "They are sidesplitting us!"

Cuomo slammed Murphy for taking a "cheap changeable against dormant kids" successful hopes of scoring governmental points connected Trump. (Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Earlier successful nan show, Cuomo detested nan "disgusting" wide politicization of nan disaster connected societal media, making him mobility if we're moreover "a state anymore."

"What brings america together? What is our communal concern?" he questioned. "We're conscionable dueling factions of fanatics."

Murphy wasn't nan only personification Cuomo called retired for their governmental rhetoric surrounding nan floods.

Cuomo besides denounced Houston pediatrician Dr. Christina Propst for her now-deleted Facebook station wishing each "non-MAGA voters" to beryllium "safe and dry," while hoping that Trump voters "get what they voted for." Propst was fired for her remarks.

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