Jake Tapper has denied being “of the left.”
On Sunday’s edition of CNN’s State of the Union, host Tapper, in a loaded question, asked Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins: “How long do you anticipate this tariff chaos is going to be going on? 30 days, 60 days, 90 days?”
In response, Rollins wryly responded:
“We’re now two days in, right? You’ve got two days of data. Everyone, especially on your side, on the left, is freaking out.”
Snapped back Tapper: “I’m not on the left.”
That earned a sardonic laugh [see screencap] and “thank you” from Rollins.
So, Tapper is “not on the left.” Really? Let’s go to his record.
But before doing so, we’ll quote the late, great comedian Henny Youngman, who when asked how his wife was, replied, “compared to what?”
So we’ll stipulate that Tapper, while leaning to port, does not list as decidedly to the left compared to some others in…
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