Tapper Tries to Tap-Dance Out of Biden Blame Game
The media’s favorite shield is cracking, and no amount of backpedaling, book tours, or conveniently timed montages can fix what’s already in plain sight.
Jake Tapper, CNN’s ever-polished anchor and now co-author of Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, is desperately trying to clean up a mess he helped create. But no matter how glossy the press appearances or tightly-worded CNN statements get, the facts are brutal and unrelenting.
Let’s not kid ourselves: the decline of Joe Biden didn’t begin at the 2024 debate that finally blew the lid off the charade—it had been creeping in the spotlight for years. Gaffe after gaffe, stumble after stumble, the signs were unmistakable to anyone not blinded by partisanship or media loyalty. Yet every time someone tried to raise a red flag, they were shouted down, accused of cruelty, or of peddling “right-wing conspiracy.”
Jake Tapper was among the loudest. When Lara Trump dared question Biden’s cognitive clarity in 2020, Tapper didn’t just disagree—he interrupted her, accused her of mocking disabilities, and cut the interview short with a smug send-off. Yet now he wants credit for “pressing” the Biden camp? Spare us. Touting one gentle question in 2022 doesn’t erase years of deflection, defense, and outright dismissal.
Tapper’s book and the media machine surrounding it are less about journalism and more about reputation damage control. He’s not exposing the cover-up—he was the cover-up.
And now that Biden’s failures are undeniable, the media’s strategy is clear: pretend they were on top of the story all along. Gaslight the public into thinking Tapper and the rest were “asking tough questions,” even as they dismissed legitimate concerns as partisan attacks.
When the now-infamous “Where’s Jackie?” moment occurred—where Biden called out for a deceased congresswoman during an event honoring her—Tapper didn’t touch it.
When Biden froze onstage at a glitzy fundraiser, Tapper ignored it until George Clooney, of all people, gave the media permission to acknowledge reality. And when Biden’s misfires turned foreign summits into international embarrassments, Tapper’s show remained conspicuously silent.
That’s not tough reporting. That’s complicity.