Cuomo then deleted the post, but in response to Ocasio-Cortez on social media he doubled down on his criticism of her, writing: “You are correct…that was a deepfake (but it really does sound like you)
It’s not that you thought it looked like her. It did.
It’s not that you thought it sounded like her voice. It did
It’s the fact that you thought she would string together the sentence:
Watching that sultry little temptress squeeze into a Canadian tuxedo three sizes too small with her bouncy little funbags on the screen staring at you, piercing through the core of your soul with those ocean-blue eyes that could resurrect the Führer from his grave in Argentina
In front of a full congress to be saved in the library of congress. That is how little you think of her. That’s the insult, that she’s somehow dumber than MTG.
That’s the whole point of a deepfake, numbnuts.
*that sounds like the caricature of you I have in my head
This is what drives me nuts about his apology.
It’s not that you thought it looked like her. It did.
It’s not that you thought it sounded like her voice. It did
It’s the fact that you thought she would string together the sentence:
In front of a full congress to be saved in the library of congress. That is how little you think of her. That’s the insult, that she’s somehow dumber than MTG.
That’s the thing to apologize for.
“Yes, it’s fake, but it sounds true so it’s still valid!” is pretty much where we’re at for critical thinking in 2025.
Pretty much “Ow, my balls”, etc., to a tee…