The Donald Trump campaign tried to twist CNN’s Jake Tapper’s words on Wednesday in an attempt to smear his political opponents Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
According to Tapper, the talking points mischaracterize Tapper to make it sound like he was defending Trump’s claims of “very fine people on both sides” of the Charlottesville rally.
2/“So he's not saying that the neo- Nazis and white supremacists are very fine people, but he is saying people protesting *alongside* those neo-Nazi and white supremacists are very fine people. Who are *they*?”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 13, 2020
Tapper posted the transcript, noting that “it was part of a panel discussion where other journalists made salient observations.”
He then quoted Washington Post reporter Seung Min Kim, saying, “remember the context of how those rallies were organized. It was the Unite the Right Rally. It was organized by a well-known white nationalist.”
4/ It was part of a panel discussion where other journalists made salient observations. @seungminkim: “remember the context of how those rallies were organized. It was the Unite the Right Rally. It was organized by a well-known white nationalist.”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 13, 2020
6/ @jeffzeleny recalled that after trump’s remarks the “most loyalist of all Republicans were like, even they sort of were offended by that.” WH economist adviser Gary Cohn “Almost resigned over it.”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 13, 2020
7/ former GOP House aide @TaraSetmayer: “He continues to play footsie with this white supremacist element that has been unearthed here. And he refuses to unequivocally condemn it in ways that, if he answered it so perfectly, we wouldn't be here talking about this today.“
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 13, 2020
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