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25. Jake Tapper has a history of straight up lying
Wed May 21, 2025, 03:24 PM
May 2025

For example, when he falsely accused Rashida Tlaib of saying Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel, only filed charges against pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Michigan because she is Jewish.

What Tlaib actually said:

“We’ve had the right to dissent, the right to protest … We’ve done it for climate, the immigrant rights movement, for Black lives, and even around issues of injustice among water shutoffs. But it seems that the attorney general decided if the issue was Palestine, she was going to treat it differently, and that alone speaks volumes about possible biases within the agency she runs.”


From this Jake Tapper, in an interview with Michigan’s governor Gretchen Whitmer, claimed the following:

“Congresswoman Tlaib is suggesting that she shouldn’t be prosecuting these individuals that Nessel says broke the law and that she’s only doing it because she’s Jewish.”


Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/26/rashida-tlaib-dana-nessel-michigan-palestine

Nowhere in the interview did Tlaib mention anything about Nessel’s personal identity. What Tapper did wasn't journalism, it was just an attempt to stirrup drama and manufacture news off of completely made up information.

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Wow, Naomi absolutely incinerated Tapper: sop May 2025 #1
I would like to see Naomi run for office! MacKasey May 2025 #19
Face it, Jake, Joe is just not that into you Walleye May 2025 #2
Easy for journalists to play "tough" with Biden, because they never feared retribution as they do with this OAITW r.2.0 May 2025 #3
Precisely. Mr. Mustard 2023 May 2025 #15
Yeah, unfortunately not fooled May 2025 #20
Well, if accurate that explains a lot peggysue2 May 2025 #4
Exactly. LisaM May 2025 #12
'This Is My Network!' Totally Tunsie May 2025 #5
It's sure as hell not MY network!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2025 #27
Good grief, what a bunch of children. Biophilic May 2025 #6
Wouldn't the network have made that decision not the WH? dsc May 2025 #7
But it's his F#*king Network!! Omnipresent May 2025 #8
It is your network taper? You can have it. JohnSJ May 2025 #9
Retribution isn't just for pResident Krasnov MagickMuffin May 2025 #10
Got it. It's personal. Boomerproud May 2025 #11
Sounds like Mr. Tapper needed a ketchup bottle to throw. hamsterjill May 2025 #13
Proves Rebl2 May 2025 #14
Well, that explains a lot PatSeg May 2025 #16
What a piece of shit relayerbob May 2025 #17
Any reputable news network would have fired Tapper long ago Mysterian May 2025 #18
Tapper and his scolding journalist face mcar May 2025 #21
Discrediting Jake Tapper greatbaldeagle May 2025 #22
you need the media to go after whoever stillcool May 2025 #26
Sounds like bill o'reilly Javaman May 2025 #23
Tapper, who didn't get to first base with Monica Lewinsky PCIntern May 2025 #24
Eeeeuuwwww! calimary May 2025 #28
Jake Tapper has a history of straight up lying Galraedia May 2025 #25
Jake is unhappy at his book sales LetMyPeopleVote May 2025 #29
tapper's tv ratings are bombing LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #30
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