CNN’s Cuomo Got in Massive Twitter Debate Over Trump’s Transgender Protections Rollback
CNN’s Chris Cuomo has a very active presence on Twitter, and you can usually catch him engaging his viewers or defending his coverage from an assortment of critics. Earlier this week, Cuomo really took things up a notch as he held a major online debate with followers over President Trump‘s decision to revoke protective guidelines regarding transgender bathroom use.
As Trump prepared to reverse the Obama-era rules, Cuomo had this highly-colorful exchange with a tweeter:
Indeed, there were many other interesting exchanges on this topic:
According to the Washington Examiner, Cuomo tweeted about this issue approximately 90 times that day. The remarks prompted an onslaught of responses from those who were not exactly impressed by Cuomo’s idea about who is being intolerant:
In other news, @ChrisCuomo seems to be a pervert or otherwise lack basic decency. pic.twitter.com/WZbk3H3cb9
— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) February 23, 2017
Exposure to a penis in a women’s locker room used to be called indecent exposure. Apparently now it’s just tolerance. https://t.co/zjTb8k8cjP
— David French (@DavidAFrench) February 23, 2017
CORRECTION @ChrisCuomo said 12-YEAR-OLD girls are “THE PROBLEM” for not wanting people with penises in girls locker rooms. YOU SICK MAN!!!
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) February 23, 2017
Even so, Cuomo stuck to his guns:
That’s a lie and you are wasting time. I was clearly saying this isn’t about the girls it is about parents judgments now prove the risk https://t.co/nGok4DvB37
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) February 23, 2017
The context is clear to me. The parent is saying if his daughter is offended and I am saying that he is the issue not her. https://t.co/TvA4cdYGnF
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) February 23, 2017
No one is saying you must embrace LGBTQ. you have every right to say you disapprove but equal protection is not only about what you like https://t.co/kkvQLRsr8B
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) February 23, 2017
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