Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance sparked a major meltdown at CNN over the weekend, repeatedly triggering emotional outbursts from longtime host Jake Tapper. During the interview, Tapper referenced thoroughly debunked claims made by generals Mark Milley and John Kelly, both of whom have labeled the former president a “fascist.” Milley’s accusations, which included conspiring with the Chinese government to “warn” them about Trump, and Kelly’s claims that Trump praised Hitler—despite continuing to work for him until he was fired—have been refuted by numerous sources, including senior White House aides.
Nevertheless, CNN and other legacy media outlets continue to report quotes from “anonymous sources” as if they have been verified. When Tapper questioned Vance about these stories, as well as anti-Trump comments from Mike Pence and other establishment Republicans, Vance asserted that Trump is targeted because he poses a threat to perpetual war and the military-industrial complex.
“So all those 10 people, including the former vice president, Mike Pence, all of these people are, have this horribly damaged worldview and they’re all just going after Donald Trump because they want to send people into war? That’s what, that’s really your argument?” Tapper asked. “Absolutely… absolutely, that’s my argument,” Vance replied without hesitating.
The CNN host, unsatisfied with the answer, began yelling, refusing to allow Vance to speak. “These are not conservative Republicans? All of these people? These aren’t conservative Republicans who are concerned about Donald Trump?” a near-frantic Tapper shrieked. “Jake, they came into office thinking that they could control Donald Trump, then when he said he wanted peace in the world -,” Vance shot back before he was interrupted by the host again.
During the interview, Vance pivoted the conversation with Tapper, highlighting the unfounded “Russian collusion” narrative that was extensively reported by CNN. “Ask yourself a basic question about network integrity. You guys talked about the Russia hoax nonstop,” Vance said, to which Tapper replied “the FBI was investigating it” — though it turns out that the false accusation appeared to have actually come from elements within the bureau.
“No, you took the words of unnamed FBI agents and put them on your network as if they were the gospel truth. You did it again and again. Viewers of your network would have believed that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin conspired in 2016, now that was totally and preposterously false,” the Republican nominee responded. “You covered it in a way that gave credence to anonymous sources, accusations. You did it yourself. Your network did it, Jake. But again, can we talk about the issues that Americans care most about?”
WATCH:
JD Vance just absolutely demolished Jake Tapper and CNN:
“Ask yourself a basic question about network integrity…You guys talked about the Russia hoax nonstop…That was totally and preposterously false…You did it yourself. Your network did it.” ??pic.twitter.com/PyYt6GzT1q
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 27, 2024
