On Sunday morning, CNN host Jake Tapper faced an avalanche of criticism after inviting Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on to talk about the changing presidential race now that Vice President Kamala Harris appears to be the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate.
What happened was Tapper sitting back and letting Cotton ramble with no fact-checking as Cotton went on extensive rants about Harris — all of them current MAGA talking points about the vice president who Republicans are trying to paint as nore liberal than Se. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
Moments after the interview (which can be seen below0 with Cotton, social media it up with criticism of the "State of the Union" noting he failed to do any "pushback."
As one commenter on X said of the interview: "What a farce."
According to commenter G Money, "Tom Cotton is full of s--t, lied and distorted the truth, yet Jake Tapper had absolutely no pushback. None. Jake used to have a backbone. Seems like he gave it up for a paycheck."
'Watching Jake Tapper, not fact check Tom Cotton this morning is pretty disappointing," Kevin Lee wrote to which Lady Jane replied, "'No push back' seems to be the theme of most if not all television interviews lately. I'm old enough to remember when the threat of being investigated by 60 Minutes was used to assure good behavior. Whatever happened?"
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XChief wrote, "Watching Jake Tapper interview Sen. Tom Cotton on CNN. Tapper is showing Cotton videos of the unbelievable thing Trump and Vance said, then letting him give preposterous answers, or evade all together, with ZERO pushback or follow up. WTF?"
MJ wrote, "What has Tom Cotton ever done in the Senate? Nothing besides being a lap dog for Maga. Why would CNN Jake Tapper think he needs to be interviewed? Giving these lying machines air time is asinine. Ridiculous!"
"Tom Cotton is on CNN right now and Jake Tapper is just letting him lie and lie and lie and lie more without any pushback. Every interview should have some credibility," Rick Jahnz observed.
Upstate NY Bob contributed, "Made the mistake again of hoping to see direct questioning on a Sunday morning political program. Once again Jake Tapper allowed a MAGA guest to avoid answering questions. Zero follow ups. I wonder if Tom Cotton has to claim his CNN appearance as a campaign donation."
You can watch the interview below:
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