Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance’s refusal to accept Jake Tapper’s premises saw the CNN anchor grow “heated” over former President Donald Trump’s actual positions.
“This isn’t journalism — this is partisan advocacy.”
A week after fixating on late golfer Arnold Palmer’s “manhood” during an interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-KY), Tapper was joined by Trump’s running mate in a clearly contentious debate.
Among the preview clips of the “State of the Union” sit down that focused heavily on the Democratic Party’s narrative that the president was a “fascist” with a penchant for German dictator Adolf Hitler, a standout moment saw the host “have an absolute hysterical meltdown” over the suggestion that the GOP leader had been the target of warmongers from his own side.
“So all those 10 people, including the former Vice President Mike Pence, all of these people are — have this horribly damaged worldview and they’re all just going after Donald Trump because they want to send people into war? That’s what — that’s really your argument?” asked Tapper as Vance responded, “Absolutely, that’s my argument.”
Of those sharing the viral clip, Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer, captioned the exchange, “Listen to Jake Tapper have an absolute hysterical meltdown, he’s practically screeching at JD Vance. He knows his goose is cooked, he’s dropped every pretense of professionalism.”
Listen to Jake Tapper have an absolute hysterical meltdown, he’s practically screeching at JD Vance
He knows his goose is cooked, he’s dropped every pretense of professionalism pic.twitter.com/BH1SHmOWks
— Jack Poso (@JackPosobiec) October 27, 2024
The anchor continued his line of question and pressed, “These aren’t conservative Republicans who are concerned about Donald Trump?”
“All of these people, Jake, they came into office thinking that they could control Donald Trump, that when he said he wanted peace in the world-” replied Vance as Tapper interjected with laughter, “Mike Pence thought he could control Donald Trump.”
“Yes, he did. And when he found at that he couldn’t, they all turned on Donald Trump, and a lot of them got fired,” the senator asserted. “And we’re running and we’re trying to staff the government with people who are gonna govern according to principles of peace and prosperity.
Tapper had continued his conflation of remarks from the president that advanced the notion that Trump’s concern over “the enemy within” meant that he would deploy the military against his political opponents and Americans with differing views absent of some egregious crime, raising former chief of staff John Kelly at the onset.
Maintaining a divisive tone throughout, Tapper’s policy-free persistence concluded with him asking Vance, “Are you running to be vice president of the United States or are you running to be vice president of the red states? Because if you win, and there’s a decent chance you will, you’re gonna be vice president of childless cat ladies; you’re gonna be vice president of legal Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio; you’re gonna be their vice president too. Are you running to do that?”
“Jake, of course I’m running to be the vice president of all Americans,” he responded before arguing that a Trump-Vance administration would buck the establishment trend of putting their own interests ahead of the average American.
Others joined Posobiec in slamming Tapper as little more than a “surrogate for Kamala Harris” as the interview with the senator appeared to be a far cry from showing him as “merely an unbiased, objective, professional journalist.”
Gee… Jake Tapper seems super emotionally engaged in this campaign. Just look how heated he gets in this debate with @JDVance.
So weird considering he’s merely an unbiased, objective, professional journalist. pic.twitter.com/a89g1eDuuv
— L A R R Y (@LarryOConnor) October 27, 2024
He’s coming unglued
So professional— Brian Craig (@BrianCraigShow) October 27, 2024
When the panic sets in, professionalism goes right out the window!
— Barefoot Pregnant (@usuallypregnant) October 27, 2024
Jake Tapper is now simply a surrogate for Kamala Harris. This isn’t journalism – this is partisan advocacy. pic.twitter.com/gj5q5XDFJX
— @amuse (@amuse) October 27, 2024
It’s just propaganda. That’s all it has been for a long while now.
— Ryan (@Ryan_In_Mi) October 27, 2024
The liberal progressive media will continue to embrace their cherished stupid narrative regardless of how bankrupt it becomes
— Bret Weingart (@kbweingart) October 27, 2024
Jake Tapper is a clown and liar. https://t.co/oMOFY42WXp
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) October 27, 2024
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