Jake Tapper now a GOP target (Report)
Following CNN anchor Jake Tapper’s hard-hitting interview yesterday on The Lead with senior counselor to President Trump, Kellyanne Conway, veteran DC reporter Mike Allen’s new site, Axios, reports Tapper is now a target.
In Tapper’s 25-minute long interview with Conway, she at one point conceded that CNN wasn’t fake news, a claim Trump has repeatedly made. “No, I don’t think CNN is fake news,” Conway admitted. “I think there are some reports everywhere, in print, on TV, on radio, in conversation that are not well-researched and are sometimes based on falsehoods.”
But as a result of his interview, reports Axios’ Jonathan Swan, Republican operatives were urging at least one conservative-friendly website to begin writing hit pieces on Tapper, according to a source.
In response to the report, Tapper mocked, “So now we sit and wait to see which obedient attack dog follows orders. Arf arf!”
Not tough to guess where the attacks will come from.