It’s seemingly become routine for CNN to test the boundary of journalistic ethics and have Prime Time host Chris Cuomo interview his older brother, the Democratic governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo on his show. During Monday’s appearance, Chris (broadcasting from his basement) proved why he was the “Fredo” of the family when he tried and ultimately failed to egg Andrew into bashing President Trump and commit to, at least, be open to running for president “at some point.”

Early in the interview, Chris wanted to stoke harsh feeling between the two executive leaders and zeroed in on Trump suggesting some personal protection equipment (PPE) was “going out the backdoor” of hospitals:

CHRIS CUOMO: Now you said, “I don't know what he means.” You know what he means. He's saying that somebody is stealing this PPE stuff, or that something is being done with it that is wrong which is the implication is, “I'm doing the right thing. I'm getting them the right things in New York. I don't know what they're doing with them.” That's the implication. What's your response?

“My response is, first of all, if I say I don't know what he means, you can't tell me that, yes, I do know what he means,” the Governor scolded his little brother’s assertions.

Eventually, Andrew got around to saying that what Chris was suggesting was only what he “thought [Trump] meant.” “If you are right by what you thought he meant when he said ‘out the back door,’ as if it is being stolen or misused, if that's what he meant, then he should say that, ask for an investigation, and that's how you handle that. If that's what he meant, which is what you think he meant,” Andrew told his brother.

Moments later, Chris insisted that the President wanted to weaponize the Governor’s positive poll numbers to bash former Vice President Joe Biden, suggesting the latter would be a better candidate. “Let me ask you something. With all of this adulation you're getting for doing your job, are you thinking about running for president? Tell the audience,” Chris demanded.

Despite his brother repeatedly telling him “no,” Chris beclowned himself by nagging his brother on a presidential run “click expand”:

ANDREW: No. No. CHRIS: No, you won't answer? ANDREW: No. I answered. The answer is no. CHRIS: No, you're not thinking about it? ANDREW: Sometimes it's one word. I said no. No. CHRIS: Have you thought about it? ANDREW: No. CHRIS: Are you open to thinking about it? ANDREW: No. CHRIS: Might you think about it at some point? ANDREW: No. CHRIS: How can you know what you might think about at some point right now? ANDREW: Because I know what I might think about and what I won't think about. But you're a great interviewer, by the way.

After Fredo brought it back around to Trump “trying to play you against Biden,” Andrew hit back with: “That's your interpretation of what you think the President was saying.”

Now, it’s possible that Andrew did subscribe to the notions his younger brother was peddling, but had the maturity to know the middle of a crisis was no time for a political fight. Either way, you know you’re embarrassing yourself when your own liberal brother wasn’t willing to buy into your network’s narrative.

The transcript is below, click "expand" to read: