We're kind of jealous of how easy it is for a Democrat to sit down for an interview with CNN host Jake Tapper. No preparation is required, no facts need to be studied and researched, and you don't even need to have the least amount of skill at debating.
Basically, you can sit there and say whatever you like, and Tapper will just stare blankly at you and then thank you for your time.
This morning, Tapper welcomed Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey -- who has a LOT to answer for -- to his State of the Union Program to talk about ICE operations in Minnesota.
Watch as Tapper performed his best mannequin impression as Frey filibustered, lied, and avoided the one question asked of him for two straight minutes:
Tapper asks Frey about Homan’s contention that if Minnesota authorities would just cooperate with ICE on turning over criminal illegals, ICE wouldn’t need to be in the streets going after these guys.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) January 18, 2026
Frey spins, filibusters and evades for almost two straight minutes. Never… pic.twitter.com/VCzfMzI4KG
Western Lensman blasted Tapper in the rest of his post:
... Never addresses the actual question.
Tapper lets him get away with it. This is what Jake does.
Asks a real question so he can say 'look I ask tough questions of both sides!' then lets Frey get away with two minutes of spin and floundering while never answering the question.
Jake: Good enough for me!
If you made it through the entire segment, see if you can count the number of times that Tapper could have -- and should have -- interrupted Frey with a follow-up question. We lost count at about 15. Here's a partial list:
Minneapolis is 'anti-crime,' Minneapolis investigates crime, Minneapolis has partnered extensively with the federal government, ICE is 'yanking random people off the street' (brown people, of course), ICE demands everyone carry their passports with them at all times, ICE is 'hunting down fathers who've done nothing wrong,' Tom Homan doesn't understand 'how stuff works,' and, of course, ICE enforcing federal law is about 'intimidation.'
Through it all, Tapper remains a mute, only chiming in at the end to say 'Thank you so much for joining us.'
LOL. What a tool. Literally and figuratively.
Fake Jake should have at least ended it off saying, “So, in summary, you won’t answer my specific question.” He would have been combative like that to the other side.
— Balls66 (@66Baller) January 18, 2026
If it had been Homan on the show, Tapper would have interrupted him at every syllable and tried to talk over him for the entire two minutes.
Jake is already setting up to write his next book, "Oh Gee? How I missed the MN fraud and ICE resistance." https://t.co/Qu2BO4Lv7c
— John Tashiro (@Real1JMT) January 18, 2026
HA.
Yes, he will publish that book in 2032.
THIS IS WHY people no longer trust the Mainstream Media. These people are Not Serious reporters,investigators, or interviewers.
— Teena Johnson (@TeenaJ) January 18, 2026
The only thing missing from this interview was Tapper waving around a couple of pom-poms as Frey was speaking.
When you don't see the rigor in follow up questions that you see when he interviews the right, you know he's just a shill for the left. This is true of 85% of the media.
— griffitovic (@griffitovic) January 18, 2026
A handsomely paid shill at that. Which is why he does it.
You’re welcome.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) January 18, 2026
Media hoaxes, lies, malice and malpractice must continually be exposed on X. There’s a reason that their credibility with Americans continues to plummet.
It is tiresome, but absolutely essential.
Frey and these other Minnesota Democrats are people of self-evident bad faith and bad character. How and why has Minnesota produced so many people of such bad character? https://t.co/8OJXbXBr2X
— TakingHayekSeriously (@FriedrichHayek) January 18, 2026
Not only will Tapper not ask that question of anyone else, but he won't ask it of himself.
And that's the biggest problem.
Wow, so it's this rhetoric that causes widespread fear in Minnesota. He basically said Ice profiles people by race and yoinks anyone, so you could be next.
— Turtle 🇺🇸 (@SaltyHito) January 18, 2026
Tapper just let him get away with that dangerous, violent, racist rhetoric. Not a single word of objection.
@jaketapper you can’t possibly be defending the actions of illegal terrorists and their supporters??? Come on now
— Mustang Sally (@SallyMarcelli) January 18, 2026
Yes, that's exactly what Tepper is doing.
His silence equals consent. Not to mention cowardice.
If Jake Tapper is looking for a topic for his next book, we suggest that it should be an exposé on himself.
But he can't write that one until long after he retires, of course.
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