From the Daily Caller: NewsNation host Chris Cuomo chided left-wing influencer Brian Krassenstein on “The Chris Cuomo Project” Thursday for supporting former CNN host Don Lemon’s call for racial minorities to get guns to use against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Krassenstein posted on X on Oct. 17 that he was in complete agreement with Lemon, arguing the Second Amendment was designed for Americans to defend themselves “from government overreach.” Cuomo sparred with Krassenstein on his podcast about what Lemon was advocating for and how Americans should use the Second Amendment.
Lemon had suggested in a podcast earlier this month that illegal aliens should “go out and get a gun because when you have people knocking on your door and taking you away, isn’t that what the second amendment was written for?”
I fully support Don Lemon right here. This is literally what the Second Amendment was written for. Protect yourself from government overreach. pic.twitter.com/p7RK3GrtEz
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) October 18, 2025
After Krassenstein agreed with Lemon’s shocking statement, Cuomo called him out on it.
Defiantly, Krassenstein argued that Lemon “presented it as American citizens because he said Mexican Americans, Guatemalan Americans should arm themselves… So I absolutely agree. I’m for protecting your home. I’m for protecting yourself.”
But Cuomo pushed back, telling Krassenstein, “I have a shotgun in my house and other weapons ready to put a hole in someone who wants to hurt my family. Not police, okay? Not a tax assessor that I think has gotten it wrong. Not a cop who has mistakenly identified my son or not an ICE agent who believes that I’m not a citizen because I don’t want to give him my ID. That is not why I arm myself. And that’s what you endorsed!”
“Brian, you know that this is bullshit man,” Cuomo declared, as Krassenstein continued to defend Lemon calling for people to have guns if they’re afraid of ICE.
WATCH the full exchange below:
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