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Heads up everyone. There is some grouchy journalist banter ahead with the occasional

swear word thrown in.

Since Chris Cuomo was put on indefinite leave from CNN, I've been looking back at his

archive from the early days of the pandemic. Back then, with COVID spreading in New York,

Chris had an inside source in state government. His brother, the governor, Andrew Cuomo.

Now, you know, I've seen you referred to a little bit recently as the love gov, and I'm

wondering if that's bleeding into your demeanor at all, making you whole soft on the president.

This is from back in April 2020. It's an interview that is a weird marriage between news

and pure silliness. I am the love gov. I'm a cool dude and a little smooth. You know that.

I just say, let it go. Just go with the flow, baby. You know, you can't control anything.

You can never set any of those things. Water off a duck's back.

For the first time you said anything. Yeah, I think I, really? Yeah. Well, look, I have

a million. All right. Well, that's your opinion. Yeah. Well, you should listen better.

I think of these interviews as belonging in the annals of weird things we thought made

sense at the beginning of the pandemic. Like we thought we should be wiping down our groceries

or we thought we needed to wear masks outdoors. And a lot of people thought it was okay

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