CNN’s Chris Cuomo said he fears for his family’s safety after his name was found on a list of Democratic politicians and journalists targeted by a US Coast Guard officer who allegedly wanted to carry out a mass attack.
“This is scary,” Cuomo, who’s married with three children, told “Anderson Cooper 360” Wednesday night. “This is something that the people who get named, we have to deal with, especially with our family because while we accept it as just the nature of the world we live in these days, my brother, this is very scary to the people and the little ones at home. So we’ve got to deal with that,” Cuomo said.
His comments came just after court documents revealed that Coast Guard Lt. Christopher Hasson had compiled a list of high-profile Democrats like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and media figures who have been critical of President Trump.
Hasson, who lived in Silver Spring, Md., also amassed an arsenal of 15 firearms and a thousand rounds of ammunition at his home, police said.
He had searched the internet for the best place to see members of Congress in Washington, DC, and what happens if “Trump illegally impeached.”
Cuomo urged Trump, who has referred to the media as the “enemy of the people,” to mind his comments about news outlets.
“He knows his words have power. He knows he should choose them carefully,” Cuomo said. “He’s gotta be careful about what he says, but you gotta be careful about causation and correlation.”
Along with Cuomo, journalists on the list included CNN’s Don Lemon and Van Jones and MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, Chris Hayes and Ari Melber.