Chris Cuomo Goes on Unhinged Rant Against Scott Jennings for Using the Term 'Illegals'

Dmitri Bolt | January 22, 2026 10:30 AM

Chris Cuomo blasted CNN's Scott Jennings on Wednesday, telling him that if he continued to use the term "illegals" to describe illegal immigrants, "somebody might beat [his] a**."

"You see this clip of Scott Jennings saying, 'How are you going to enforce it? How are you going to enforce me not saying the word illegals anymore? How are you going to do that?' Cuomo said in a mocking tone, before rolling the clip.

“What are you, a bully now? What are you, a tough guy?” Cuomo said. “Because you’re talking to this kid, who happens to be right, calling people ‘illegals.’ A long time ago, Republicans and Democrats switched to ‘undocumented.’ Why? Because it seemed inhuman. That’s why. They changed the vernacular, and you know it!"

"But that's not the point. The point is, how you gonna do it? What you gonna do?" he said, mocking Jennings again. “What are you, you’re a tough guy now? I thought you were supposed to be the simpering-but-open-to-conversation Trump defender. Of course I remember you, when yous aid he was like the worst thing in the world. But everything is convenience these days, right? It's getting you paid."

“But be careful. You wanna be a tough guy, there are plenty of tough guys out there,” Cuomo said. “You wanna see how somebody can make you stop saying ‘illegal’? And then what are you gonna do, sue, tough guy?”