Three days before the consequential presidential debate between Biden and Trump, CNN kicked Karoline Leavitt off a show after she called out Jake Tapper. Leavitt has been an outspoken warrior for the president and has often faced down the press. Online commentators rallied around the press secretary, and many offered their support.
“It’s to take someone five minutes to Google Jake Tapper, Donald Trump to see that. Jake Tapper…” Leavitt said before she was rudely cut off. ” Ma’am, I’m going to ask you to stop attacking my colleagues. I would like to talk about Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who you work for, Yes? If you are here to speak on his behalf,” the CNN host interjected. “I am stating facts that your colleagues have stated in the past,” Leavitt fired back.
However, CNN kicked Leavitt off the show before she could finish her thoughts. “Now, Caroline, thank you very much for your time. You are welcome to come back at any point. She is welcome to come back and speak about Donald Trump. And Donald Trump will have equal time to Joe Biden when they both join us … later this week, [in] Atlanta, for [the] debate,” the anchor said.
One of our own journalists added context to the video in a clip that we went viral on social media. “Jake Tapper can lie on CNN four years about Donald Trump’s connections to Vladimir Putin, Russia. He can lie about what he said in Charlottesville with ‘the fine people.’ [How can we] pretend that he wanted Liz Cheney to be assassinated,” he explained.
“But as soon as you say that. “Hey, remember what Jake Tapper said?”All these outrageous lies about Donald Trump. “Hey, that’s my colleague. You’re not allowed to say any of that. You are uninvited from the show. Kicked off the programming right now,” the clip states. “‘ I’m so sorry [to the] audience. I’m so sorry we had to do that. It was a couple of moments. But Carolyn left because we need Jake Tapper.”‘
“You were mean to half this country. You were mean to Donald Trump. You lied about him. You framed us all as insurrectionists. You refuse to let us question [some things], but sure, you say the name Jake Tapper. You introduce a story that he knowingly lied about, that bridge is too far from a ridiculous moment,” the clip concludes.
Social media users were quick to lend their support to Karoline Leavitt, “Brianna Keilar is supposedly one of their “top political correspondents” at CNN. Here she is totally losing it, stumbling in her response after cutting off Karoline, almost shaking, virtually demanding either Karoline or Trump come back (why would they?) to answer her questions,” said one user.
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” At the same time, saying she “would not allow” her to reply except how Brianna wants. CNN needs to fire Brianna. The WH needs to blacklist her from WH coverage,” the same account added. “She’s welcome to come back only if she says what CNN wants her to say. This is why NO ONE trusts @CNN! How do they look at themselves in the mirror at night? They are a joke!,” another replied.
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