File this post under “S” for speculation, but we wouldn’t be surprised if Pamela Geller wasn’t invited to be a guest on CNN’s “The Lead” today so that Jake Tapper could clean up the mess made by Erin Burnett last night when she asked Geller if she didn’t “relish” being the target of a beheading plot.
It’s important to note that CNN broke the news that Geller was the target of the alleged beheading plot stopped when police shot a suspect in Boston and arrested another man. CNN reported that, according to law enforcement sources, Usaamah Rahim “was originally plotting to behead Pamela Geller” but “decided instead to target the ‘boys in blue,'” because he couldn’t wait that long.
Reuters reported today, though, that police said “it did not seem that Usamaah Abdullah Rahim had developed a specific plan to attack Pamela Geller.”
Tapper took a bit of a beating on Twitter for having Geller on his program.
Target of beheading plot @PamelaGeller: ISIS is here, Islamic terrorism is here http://t.co/eLyYpj4m9W #TheLead pic.twitter.com/4VOmMXh50i
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 4, 2015
@jaketapper seriously dude?
— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) June 4, 2015
@rezaaslan Yeah, this is not the greatest look. @jaketapper
— Danny Concannon (@Danny_Concannon) June 4, 2015
@jaketapper Why are you giving this vile, hate-spewing bigot a platform? Disappointed.
— Shoshana (@shoshpd) June 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/hottakery/status/606580067171483648
@jaketapper @PamelaGeller Um, the cops say that her claims are pure bull shit.
— ☾artlin (@CartlinKelly) June 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/allanbrauer/status/606580699471081472
@jaketapper @PamelaGeller – ANY1 else who says of a group like she does of Muslims, would be called a bigot & disgraced.
— Mubin Shaikh (@MrMubinShaikh) June 4, 2015
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Tapper tweeted a link to CNN’s web coverage from Wednesday night.
@shoshpd http://t.co/YROJArkXRT
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/hottakery/status/606581906768019456
@jaketapper She is still a vile, hate-spewing bigot. Nothing, of course, that justifies being executed. But a KKK member shouldn't get a…
— Shoshana (@shoshpd) June 4, 2015
@jaketapper … platform to spew their bigoted views either just because extremists opposed to him plot to kill him.
— Shoshana (@shoshpd) June 4, 2015
@shoshpd maybe next time the alleged terrorists can select for a beheading someone more to your liking?
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 4, 2015
@jaketapper Not my point, Jake. I just don't think she should continue to be given such a large platform. The people who she spews hatred
— Shoshana (@shoshpd) June 4, 2015
@jaketapper against aren't the ones who planned to attack her. She attacks peaceful, law-abiding Muslims viciously on a regular basis.
— Shoshana (@shoshpd) June 4, 2015
@rezaaslan @jaketapper @shoshpd boom.
— Force DMs (@sherpaco) June 4, 2015
@jaketapper @shoshpd hack.
— Force DMs (@sherpaco) June 4, 2015
@sherpaco @jaketapper I don't think Jake is a hack. I respect him a lot as a journalist. We can disagree w/ him without name calling here.
— Shoshana (@shoshpd) June 4, 2015
@shoshpd @jaketapper show and prove.
— Force DMs (@sherpaco) June 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/Rjericsson/status/606587385737048065
@Rjericsson @jaketapper She absolutely has. "Attack" doesn't have to include physical violence.
— Shoshana (@shoshpd) June 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/Rjericsson/status/606588632988839936
@Rjericsson @jaketapper Look it up.
— Shoshana (@shoshpd) June 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/Rjericsson/status/606589103640072194
@Rjericsson @jaketapper Not here to educate you, sorry. It's pretty easy to google her and figure it out.
— Shoshana (@shoshpd) June 4, 2015
Tapper didn’t have to finish Journalism 101 to explain Geller’s presence on “The Lead.”
@shoshpd I'm a reporter, she's in the news. My questions were primarily about about threats of violence to her.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 4, 2015
If only the two men who pulled up to Geller’s “Draw Muhammad” event in Texas firing assault rifles could appear as guests and clear the stench of hatred from the television studio.
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