Chris Cuomo responds to backlash after revealing he voted for his brother in the election

Chris Cuomo defended his determination to ballot for his member successful the statesmanlike election arsenic helium insisted Americans 'deserve better' than Donald Trump oregon Kamala Harris. 

The erstwhile CNN anchor, present astatine NewsNation, admitted this week connected Real Time with Bill Maher that helium 'got immoderate heat' after revealing his ballot connected a podcast this week. 

'The choices to maine were unacceptable for this country,' helium explained. 

After Maher questioned him: 'Really? You couldn't person voted for Kamala Harris?', impermanent Mary Katherine Ham jumped successful to enactment that 'a batch of radical couldn't.' 

'I could person done a batch of things,' Cuomo continued. 'But my feeling is, we merit amended than this.' 

Cuomo added that helium 'spelled his sanction incorrect truthful I don't deliberation it counts', though it is unclear if helium was joking. 

It comes aft Cuomo faced backlash aft revealing helium wrote successful his member Andrew - the erstwhile Governor of New York - connected his ballot during an quality connected Patrick Bet-David's podcast. 

The admittance drew scrutiny due to the fact that Andrew Cuomo resigned from bureau successful disgrace successful 2021 aft being deed with allegations of intersexual harassment. He denied the claims and was ne'er charged. 

In his quality other Maher, Cuomo's confession that helium voted for his member to beryllium president near the big laughing astatine the unusual move. 

But Cuomo pointed to respective reasons helium couldn't bring himself to ballot for Harris, including the mode she ascended to the apical of the Democrat summons without a primary. 

'The process that the Democrats enactment america done was an embarrassment to Democrats,' helium said. 

'And I grew up successful a Democratic household with 1 of the top they have,' helium continued, citing his begetter Mario Cuomo, different erstwhile Governor of New York. 

'I'm conscionable saying, we person truthful overmuch endowment successful this country... we conscionable support picking these radical that correspond the worst of us.' 

Cuomo's quality came the week that Trump stunned Washington with a slate of arguable furniture nominations, including Matt Gaetz for Attorney General and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to pb his wellness policy. 

He said aft visiting Florida to study connected the transition, Cuomo said helium spoke with insiders who explained wherefore Trump whitethorn person not gone for traditional, much experienced Washington players. 

'He has them determination for 1 reason, and they are perfectly qualified to bash it,' helium said. 'Tell maine if they're coming aft me.' 

Maher besides took the accidental to slam Trump's unorthodox furniture nominees, and joked successful his monologue that Matt Gaetz was lone nominated for Attorney General due to the fact that 'Diddy wasn't available.' 

The speech amusement big besides took purpose astatine nominees Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr., and Pete Hegseth - saying the president-elect 'hit the crushed trolling.'

'Two basal qualities you need: implicit loyalty to Trump and a sanction that makes liberals cry,' helium said. 'So, Trump's imagination campaigner is simply a work carnal named 'sugar t**s.'

Maher said of each the nominees, 'the 1 who caused the astir consternation was Matt Gaetz arsenic Attorney General - due to the fact that Diddy was not available.'

'It's a spot of an unorthodox pick, I deliberation we tin hold to that,' helium added. 'Usually a president wants idiosyncratic arsenic Attorney General who's acquainted with Justice Department investigations, but not arsenic a people of them himself.

'Matt is floating a caller argumentation successful the Justice Department — don't ask, don't card.'

Maher was referencing a Justice Department probe into Gaetz connected suspicion of kid enactment trafficking, which are among the aforesaid charges facing disgraced rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs.

The DOJ probe into Gaetz was closed past twelvemonth without charges, and helium denies the allegations against him.