Yesterday we told you that CNN’s Jake Tapper said he’d love to hear from any member of Congress who would accept oppo research from a foreign source. Tapper’s request came after President Trump said in an interview that if he were approached by a foreign source with dirt on his 2020 opponent, he might accept it. Today, Tapper said he wanted to make it clear what the president said:
Let’s be clear on what the president was asked and what he said.
Stephanopoulos: Your campaign this time around, if foreigners, if Russia, if China, if someone else offers you information on opponents, should they accept it or should they call the FBI?
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 13, 2019
2/ President Trump: I think maybe you do both. I think you might want to listen, there’s nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, Norway, “we have information on your opponent.” Oh, I think I’d want to hear it.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 13, 2019
3/ Stephanopoulos: You want that kind of interference in our elections?
President Trump: It’s not an interference, they have information.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 13, 2019
Mollie Hemingway is more interested in things other than what Trump might hypothetically do in a given situation and instead provided some reality along with a self-awareness check for Tapper and the media:
Let's be clear on what *actually* happened.
Clinton/DNC secretly bought and paid for info sourced to shady foreign actors, got gov't officials to weaponize it, and used @jaketapper to publicize it to undermine peaceful transfer of power and meddle in administration of gov't. https://t.co/MCcroGNZMo
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) June 13, 2019
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Maybe our media are asking hypotheticals about alerting the (implicated) FBI if a Canadian acquaintance shares a negative story about Biden because they're avoiding accountability for their heavy role in spreading the damaging, false claim that our president was a Russian traitor
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) June 13, 2019
Please make a note of it, MSM!
Bingo https://t.co/gbzxabzPd3
— Richard Colon (@Richard44273352) June 13, 2019
Hammer meets nail. https://t.co/AJwPCEqdMO
— Patrick King (@REEL_BRIEF) June 13, 2019
That’s definitely going to leave a mark.
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