Jake Tapper blasts Biden campaign for 'obnoxious and indecent' attack on Catherine Herridge — but can't resist the urge to pivot to Trump

As Twitchy told you, Joe Biden’s rapid response director Andrew Bates decided to rapidly respond to Catherine Herridge’s scoop about the Michael Flynn unmasking request list by … attacking Catherine Herridge. Because of course.

Screen shot of Andrew Bates' deleted tweet. pic.twitter.com/QDsT89lx0t

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) May 13, 2020

Bates’ tweet may have been deleted, but it hasn’t been forgotten. Even CNN’s Jake Tapper called the Biden Campaign out for sliming Herridge:

Gross. Personal attacks on journalists for sharing facts is obnoxious and indecent. @JoeBiden approves this message? https://t.co/G6jVxWuxMF

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 13, 2020

Of course, he couldn’t do it without bringing Donald Trump into the mix:

It’s so obvious it need not be said but I will anyway: not only does the Trump campaign do this regularly, the White House and the president do it as a matter of policy. And they do it so often it’s impossible to respond every time. If you RT my first tweet, RT this second one.

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 13, 2020

You almost had it, Jake. But then you had to go there.

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— Branson Taylor (@Btaylor74) May 13, 2020

Sooooo, Joe Biden's campaign should do this much more often, to evade criticism?

— Eric Schmeltzer ?? (@JustSchmeltzer) May 13, 2020

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I knew you'd find a way to make it about the orange man being bad.

— jbrandonui (@jbrandonui) May 13, 2020

Come on Jake. You know this tweet wasn’t necessary.

— Allen Covert (@THATAllenCovert) May 13, 2020

This isn't untrue but I still think you said it because you felt the urge to and not for the benefit of anyone else. https://t.co/0uvxkGjowv

— neontaster (@neontaster) May 13, 2020

I appreciate the fairness here Jake. Honestly and thanks. Hey, curious Martha McSally calling Manu Raju a liberal hack was a 3-day news cycle. So fairness assumes that this will be too?

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 13, 2020

Yeah … we wouldn’t hold our breath if we were you.