‘Painfully dumb tweet!’: 'Smug' Chris Cuomo gets schooled on hate speech and the Constitution

What the heck is Chris Cuomo talking about?

https://twitter.com/chriscuomo/status/595934009764487168

Tweeters wonder if it’s Cuomo, however, who needs to read the Constitution:

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/595953146280747009

@ChrisCuomo I did read the First Amendment, and still can't find the "hate speech" exception to free speech. Can you point it out for us?

— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) May 6, 2015

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/595952606184374273

@ggreenwald @ChrisCuomo No, it isnt dumb…its beyond dumb. Its idiotic, moronic, ignorant, and plain stupid all rolled into one. Wow.

— Chris Tsotsoros (@ctsotsoros) May 6, 2015

https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/595951775083057154

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/595951540055183360

Dear God. RT @GPollowitz: Umm… https://t.co/OVp5o8kYDo

— Michele Frost (@michelelfrost) May 6, 2015

.@ChrisCuomo Your smug attitude about "reading the constitution" really makes this perfect.

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 6, 2015

I like the part where @ChrisCuomo tells someone to read the Constitution while simultaneously getting the Constitution wrong.

— RBe (@RBPundit) May 6, 2015

I think somebody played a prank on @chriscuomo and gave him the Canadian constitution. https://t.co/SyYWZyjs0F

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 6, 2015

Uh, @ChrisCuomo literally nowhere in the Constitution is there a ban on hate speech. If anything, there's a provision allowing all speech.

— Conor Rogers (@conorjrogers) May 6, 2015

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And what about SCOTUS cases, Chris?

Has @ChrisCuomo heard about Snyder v. Phelps (2010)?#AskingForAFriend

— Jean R. Ewing (@GenNerd) May 6, 2015

@lachlan @KarenDoe50 @ChrisCuomo Perhaps Chrissy should review the SCOTUS ruling that protected hate speech from Westboro Baptist group.

— ??Murph's Mom ?? (@ReesesPeanut) May 6, 2015

Bingo. In 2011, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in Snyder v. Phelps stating the always awful Westboro Baptist Church had the right to protest at the funerals of slain military members. In other words, hate speech is protected speech.

Flashback: Remember when Chris Cuomo said Twitchy has a “gotcha agenda”? We do:

CNN Anchor Chris Cuomo: 'twitchy has a gotcha agenda' http://t.co/zIvqNDCJwl

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 2, 2015

Ha! Our “gotcha agenda” has struck again!

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