Speaking during his Fox News show on Monday night, Carlson, who called the governor "a weirdo, a butt-rubber, a terrible governor" determined to stop criticism and instead focus on Andrew Cuomo's brother, CNN host Chris Cuomo.
"Tonight, we want to pause from piling on Andrew Cuomo, which we'll be happy to resume tomorrow, and take a moment to defend the chief bodybuilding correspondent over at CNN who is his brother," Carlson began, before playing a clip of CNN host Brian Stelter explaining Chris Cuomo's vacancy from viewers' screens this week.
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Cuomo is taking a rest to celebrate his birthday week. Cuomo, who turned 51 on Monday always takes the week of his birthday off work.
"Some critics say he should have been suspended or even fired. But I'm going to level with you. Telling a well-off host to hang out by the pool for a couple of weeks is not a real punishment," Stelter explained. "It's BS when Fox sends a host off on vacation during a scandal. Scolding a host in public, saying what they did was inappropriate. That is an actual punishment."
Carlson resumed: "To paraphrase Sigmund Freud, sometimes a vacation is just a vacation, and we're willing to believe that Chris Cuomo's vacation is just a vacation."
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But then in what may have angered some loyal Fox viewers, Carlson, without a hint of irony, offered his support towards Chris Cuomo saying that loyalty to his family must come first.
"One, you're not responsible for the misbehavior of your relatives. Sorry. You didn't choose them. In fact, you're not responsible for anyone else's misbehavior. Only your own. That's just true. It's the basis of American justice and it's the basis of human decency. Don't blame people for things they didn't do," Carlson said.
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"And the other point to make is, Chris Cuomo's coming under a lot of fire for helping his brother in the middle of this crisis. Now, we can't evaluate how true that is. But if it is true, let's be real for a second. It's understandable. It's his brother.
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"Your loyalty should be to your family above all else. Not joking at all. Maybe even above your job. Maybe even above [CNN President] Jeff Zucker.
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"If your brother calls and says, 'I need help,' if you don't give him help because you're pretending to be a news anchor on some stupid cable channel nobody watches, you're betraying your brother, and that's a greater sin than any of the dumb politics they espouse on that channel. Totally true. So, we're not gonna criticize him for that."
In May of this year, Chris Cuomo had come in for criticism having taken part in policy sessions with his brother on how to respond to the allegations of sexual harassment made by 11 women.
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