Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, co-hosts of CNN’s Thursday night presidential debate, have repeatedly demonstrated their virulent bias against former President Donald Trump in previous comments to the network.
Tapper and Bash’s bias is significant because they could use their positions to set up an unfair debate in which Trump would have to face them while also debating President Joe Biden.
Tapper, one of Trump’s harshest critics, describes himself as an unbiased journalist and has moderated two Republican presidential debates.
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His first Came Trump’s appearance in 2015 drew an estimated 23 million viewers, making it the second-highest-watched primary debate of all time. The second was in 2016. report The show drew 12 million viewers and once again featured Trump. Despite his success, Tapper has appeared to be a scathing critic of the former president. Breitbart News reporter John Nolte said Tapper “hates Donald Trump.”
Here are 15 times Tapper has attacked Trump with spiteful claims.
- suggestion Trump was a nightmare. “For tens of millions of Americans, a long national nightmare is over.”
- Claims President Trump “continues to lie to the American people” about coronavirus testing.
- Retweet The post called Trump “100% crazy.”
- Embarrassed President Trump has been hospitalized due to coronavirus.
- He described President Trump’s administration as a “disaster.”
- The show featured allegations about the shape of President Trump’s penis.
- He spread the Russian collusion hoax and cast doubt on the 2016 election.
- suggestion Trump tried to kill democracy.
- Ordered CNN’s control room cut off live coverage of President Trump.
- Claims Trump was “a pretty angry defendant who said there was no case to be made in this case.”
- Rejected They will not broadcast Trump live due to “potentially dangerous” content.
- suggestion Trump is “ruining” the country.
- defendant Trump sided with Russia in the Russia collusion hoax case.
- Said As Democrats claim the 2016 election was rigged, Trump “sided with the enemy.”
- Ordered “I’m going to stop whining,” Trump said after winning the 2016 election.
Bash has moderated debates in the past. In 2019, he moderated the Democratic presidential primary debate, in which Vice President Kamala Harris harshly criticized Biden on civil rights issues. He also moderated the Republican primary debate with Tapper in 2023, including the debate between unsuccessful presidential candidate Nikki Haley and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trump was conspicuously absent from the debates.
Here are 15 times Bash attacked Trump with malicious claims.
- defendant Trump “incites racism.”
- suggestion Trump is sexist.
- Claims Trump has made anti-Semitic remarks.
- Suspicion Former Vice President Mike Pence’s life was threatened by a mob on January 6th incited by President Trump.
- Said President Trump’s coronavirus briefings were “propaganda” because they contradicted CDC director’s statements.
- defendant Trump is anti-science.
- Suspicion President Trump has politicized the pandemic for political gain.
- Said He called the Supreme Court’s decision to keep Trump in the election a “disappointment for America.”
- Claims Joe Biden “voiced his opinion” after attacking President Trump’s comments about the death of George Floyd.
- Pressed Russia collusion hoax.
- suggestion Trump was unfit to be president during his time in office.
- Explained President Trump’s firing of James Comey is like a scene from “The Godfather.”
- defendant “A total lie” Trump.
- Said Trump appeared to use racist language against Senator Mitch McConnell’s wife.
- suggestion Trump should “apologise” for his alleged actions on January 6th.
“Jake Tapper and Dana Bash are respected, veteran journalists with more than 50 years of combined experience covering politics,” CNN said in a statement.
“They have extensive experience hosting major political debates, including this season’s CNN Republican presidential primary debates,” the network said. “There are no better people than these two to co-host a substantive, fact-based debate, and we look forward to the debate in Atlanta on June 27.”
Editor’s note: This article incorrectly stated that Jake Tapper reported twice on the shape of Trump’s penis. Tapper only focused on Trump’s penis in one report, and CNN subsequently had Don Lemon interview Stormy Daniels about the subject. This article has been updated to correct this error.
Wendell Fsebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former Republican War Room analyst. The Politics of Slave MoralityFollow Wendell “Bat” @WendellHusebø or The truth of society @WendellHusebo.
