Lemon and Cuomo Stay Silent for 13 Seconds on Air: It Was a Long Time, Wasn’t It?

RUSH EXCERPT:

LEMON: “So, Chris, remember when you were starting out on TV and the worst thing that you could do, especially if you were an anchor was have silence, right? Silence, right? Everyone’s afraid of silence, which can be very powerful on television. So just bear with me. Don’t say anything. Don’t say anything for — I’m going to start the stop watch. Just don’t say anything. That was 13 seconds. That was a long time, wasn’t it?”

CUOMO: “Long time. I had several different thoughts about you during that moment.’

LEMON: “Do you get my point?”

CUOMO: “I do, 100%. And he’s lying. He’s lying because he liked it. He needs it at this point and he could have stopped it but he didn’t. He wants those people to have their outrage fed and then he wants the rest of us to think what he does isn’t that outrageous.”