Jake Tapper
FLASHBACK: Media Seethed Over the 2020 ‘Sh*tshow’ Debate
Four years ago, when Donald Trump and Joe Biden met in the kickoff debate of the 2020 cycle, the liberal broadcast and cable networks crudely blasted Trump’s performance and crowned Biden the “winner” of “the worst debate in modern history.”
Tom Cotton Calls Out Law Enforcement Double Standard
On CNN State of the Union, host (and presidential debate co-moderator) Jake Tapper tried to coax Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) into supporting a legislative ban on bump stocks in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling repealing the ATF’s administrative ban. Cotton called out the left’s double standard in enforcing the law, and on the Supreme Court.
CNN Presidential Debate Moderator Is at the Center of Defamation Suit
On Wednesday, three judges with the First District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida ruled that Plaintiff Zachary Young had sufficiently provided enough evidence to the court that they could proceed with his defamation suit against CNN for punitive damages. The network allegedly, knowingly lied about his security consulting company and their work amid President Biden’s disastrous…
Youngkin Rebuffs Tapper: Virginia Won’t ‘Mandate What People Can’ Buy
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) didn’t hesitate to choose his constituents over a CNN audience.
CNN Argues Hunter Biden’s Addiction Is the Best Defense in Gun Case
On Wednesday, The Lead with Jake Tapper tried to argue that Hunter Biden held no liability for lying on his federal Firearm Transaction Record form because of how far “gone” on drugs he allegedly was when he bought his gun in 2018.
The CNN Presidential Debate: A Trump Trap?
So the inevitable quadrennial debate announcement gets made. There will be two presidential debates, and Donald Trump let Joe Biden set the rules. This time around CNN will host the first, and ABC the second.
How Can Jake Tapper Moderate CNN Debate? He Trusts Hamas Propaganda
Alongside the concerning announcement, this week, that CNN would be hosting the first general presidential debate next month was the equally concerning announcement that Jake Tapper would be tapped to be one of the moderators. The expectation of moderators to fact-check the candidates made Tapper’s selection was particularly concerning. In addition to his left-wing bent, Tapper has exhibited a…
The Worst of Tapper and Bash: CNN Debate Moderators Lurch Left
The following is a small sampling of the most liberal moments of Tapper and Bash’s time at CNN, via the MRC archives:
MRC’s Houck Reacts on FNC to 2024 Debate Plans; ‘Watch Out’, Don!
NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck returned to the Fox News Channel Wednesday on Fox News @ Night to react to the sudden agreement between the Joe Biden and Donald Trump campaigns to hold presidential debates on June 27 with CNN and September 10 with ABC. Speaking to host Trace Gallagher, Houck urged caution on the part of the Trump team and be prepared for the debates to be…
Media Panic that Pro-Hamas Campus Protests May Hurt Biden, 'Like 1968'
After weeks of defending pro-hams campus protests, the media are now panicking that those same protests might hurt biden’s re-election chances. In the past week, a slew of political commentators have written articles comparing the current situation on college campuses to the anti-war protests of 1968, and warning that a summer of radical leftism may clinch the 2024 election for Donald Trump.…
Dale Claims Soros Is a 'Target Of Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories'
After former President Donald Trump gave some remarks to reporters assembled outside of his New York trial on Tuesday, CNN’s host of The Lead, Jake Tapper, brought on the network’s resident fact-checker, Daniel Dale, to assess the accuracy of Trump’s claims. In one instance, Dale shamed Trump for calling D.A. Alvin Bragg a Soros-backed prosecutor, even going so far as to claim Soros…
Stewart Mocks MSNBC, Tapper For Obsessing Over Trump Trial
The media is obsessed with Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial to such a degree that even Jon Stewart can’t help but mock them. On Monday’s edition of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, Stewart ridiculed the media for their priorities, with MSNBC and CNN’s Jake Tapper bearing extra scrutiny.
Tapper Brings In 'Fact Checker' Daniel Dale to Knock Trump's Opinions
CNN's resident "fact checker" Daniel Dale usually shows his face on air when CNN wants to attack Donald Trump. On Thursday's The Lead with Jake Tapper, Dale confessed that Trump's statements during jury selection were mostly just opinion, but he mocked the idea that President Biden had something to do with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's prosecution, even though an Associate Attorney…
Scarborough Commends Reaganesque Speaker Johnson For Stand On Ukraine
Saying, "credit where credit is due," Joe Scarborough praises Speaker Mike Johnson for his stance in support of aid to Ukraine in which he described himself as a Reagan Republican who believes in peace through strength and sees the United States as the greatest country in the world.
