{"id":1975271,"date":"2023-07-17T15:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-heads-to-cnn-to-hopefully-confront-jake-tapper-the-most-dishonest-man-on-cable-news\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T15:15:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:15:32","slug":"ron-desantis-heads-to-cnn-to-hopefully-confront-jake-tapper-the-most-dishonest-man-on-cable-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-heads-to-cnn-to-hopefully-confront-jake-tapper-the-most-dishonest-man-on-cable-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis takes on CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper, known for his dishonesty."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fron-desantis-heads-to-cnn-to-hopefully-confront-jake-tapper-the-most-dishonest-man-on-cable-news%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975271&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\"> \u2062\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>It \u2063took\u2064 him long enough, but it\u2019s very, \u2064very\u2062 welcome\u200b news\u200b that Ron \u200dDeSantis is now participating in \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/13\/time-for-ron-desantis-to-do-it-live\/\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">meaningful campaign events<\/a> and\u2063 not, \u2063say,\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1674577254658220037\"\u2064 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\u200d noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-reporter-forced-to-resign-over-n-word-controversy-tells-his-side-of-the-story\/\" title=\"New York Times Reporter Forced To Resign Over N-Word Controversy Tells His Side Of The Story\">eating pizza<\/a><\/a> and <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1635271231988441093\" target=\"_blank\"\u2064 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">playing catch<\/a> \u2064on Fox.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 \u200c  <\/p>\n<p>The Republican presidential\u200c candidate was \u2062by far the\u200c most consequential interview with Tucker Carlson during \u200dlast week\u2019s Family \u200dLeadership Summit in Des\u2062 Moines. He offered a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1679974474081247237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">far better position<\/a> on \u200cthe \u200bpointless Ukraine war than \u2062the <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/03\/22\/desantis-brands-putin-a-war-criminal-who-should-be-held-accountable-for-ukraine-invasion\/\"\u200c target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">virtue signal-y one<\/a> he \u2062had \u200cin the past. He made clear <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KanekoaTheGreat\/status\/1679977084817661952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he understands<\/a> just how threatening\u2064 the \u2064Washington\u200b regime is to the ever-broadening underclass, \u200bto \u200dthe\u200d point that \u2062the\u200d federal \u2062government\u200b may eventually \u200dbe able\u200b to cut \u200doff your ability \u200dto buy things. And he\u200b aggressively\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWakeninq\/status\/1680267567342952450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defended his record\u2019s<\/a>\u2064 most controversial \u2062(to the\u2064 media) achievements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long\u2064 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: \u200cauto; margin-right: \u2062auto; text-align: center; \u200d\"\u200d id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-650660542\"><div\u200c id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div \u2062class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c791b2e10cbda34ca97bd7a3d45a03a8 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" \u200did=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c791b2e10cbda34ca97bd7a3d45a03a8\"><\/div>\n<p>\u200d \u2062   \u2062<\/p>\n<p>All of\u2062 that\u2064 is good, \u200dand with\u200d Tucker unbound by\u2062 the corporate (read: leftist) culture\u2064 at\u200d Fox, no \u200dRepublican could\u2062 or should have counted\u2064 on it being \u200ba breezy interview. And more \u2062importantly,\u200c news broke shortly \u2064thereafter that \u2062DeSantis agreed to an\u200b interview with CNN\u2019s \u2062most dishonest and \u2063most\u200b lispy anchor, Jake Tapper.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c   <\/p>\n<p>To date, the DeSantis strategy \u2064has been \u2063to\u200b deny \u200dany \u2064access to the candidate\u200c by journalists\u2063 and\u200c TV reporters who \u200daren\u2019t from\u2062 Fox News\u200b or\u2063 who \u200chaven\u2019t already \u2064publicly stated \u200chow\u2062 much they like him. \u2064That \u200dworks fine as \u2064a sitting governor,\u2062 but \u2064it doesn\u2019t work in\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-introduce-court-packing-bill\/\" title=\"Democrats Introduce Court-Packing Bill\">national campaign<\/a> wherein most \u2063voters, even Republican primary \u200dvoters,\u200c don\u2019t know\u2063 him and\u200c want \u200bto know \u2062how\u2064 he performs \u2063in \u200can \u2063adversarial environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b \u2063  \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Note: Washington\u2064 is,\u2063 for a truly effective Republican,\u200c there is nothing but \u200cadversary, all\u2063 day, every \u2064day. It\u2019s a cage match wherein the\u200b Republican is \u200dvirtually\u200c alone \u200band \u200cthe opposition \u200dtag teams \u2014\u00a0if it\u2019s not Democrats,\u200b it\u2019s the permanent bureaucracy. And if it\u2019s not\u2063 them, it\u2019s the national media. \u2062More often\u2062 than not, it\u2019s all three at one \u200dtime.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063   <\/p>\n<p>The good\u2063 news is that\u200d the \u200bRepublican isn\u2019t truly \u2063alone,\u2062 so long as \u200che maintains the faith of \u200bhis supporters.\u200d They\u2019re\u200d all \u2063that counts. The\u200d bad news\u200b is \u2062that\u200b the\u200c DeSantis\u2063 campaign may have shown that it has \u200cno\u200c idea what\u2019s about to \u200dgo down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-83b65b2224f6c62fdc34c3f8edf526fe fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\"\u200c id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-83b65b2224f6c62fdc34c3f8edf526fe\"><\/div>\n<p> \u2062\u2064   \u200c<\/p>\n<p>The New \u2062York\u200d Post on \u2063Sunday \u2062published \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/16\/desantis-to-sit-down-with-cnns-jake-tapper-for-interview\/\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noreferrer\u2064 noopener\">a statement<\/a>\u2062 from the \u2063DeSantis \u2064campaign \u200cahead of \u200bthe\u2064 Tapper\u200b interview. \u201cThere are \u2064people within the media who are \u200dstill seeking \u200cthe \u2064truth; we will engage with\u200b them,\u201d campaign spokesman\u2064 Bryan Griffin \u2064said. \u201cAnd we \u200dlook \u2063forward to\u2063 getting\u200d our message\u200d out there \u2062to \u2062the\u2063 American people.\u201d\u2064 He\u200d added of\u200d Tapper that\u200d \u201cthere are \u2062many\u200c good \u200bjournalists and\u2063 truth-seeking reporters,\u200b including in\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">mainstream media outlets<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a woefully naive \u2063quote considering DeSantis \u2062built much\u200c of \u200dhis heroic\u200c reputation by\u200c properly \u200cbelittling and\u200b humbling dorky reporters who\u200c step \u2062to him with\u200b nonsense\u200c attacks. \u200dIt was \u200ceither a\u2062 nicety for \u2062the\u200c sake\u2064 of being nice, or the DeSantis operation genuinely \u2064believes\u2064 it\u2019s\u2064 about\u2064 to get an \u200bhonest \u200cand \u2062fair \u200dshake with\u200b arguably the \u200dmost \u2063awful\u2062 human on\u2063 cable television.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c  \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Tapper was\u200b among the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/05\/21\/jake-tapper-calls-obamagate-crackpot-conspiracy-theory-heres-10-times-he-promoted-trump-russia-conspiracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">earliest pushers<\/a> of \u2063the Russia\u200b collusion hoax. \u200cAfter it \u200dwas revealed to\u2063 be exactly that, he brazenly declared \u2063of the \u200dcorporate \u2064media coverage, \u2063\u201cI\u200d don\u2019t know \u200banybody who \u200cgot\u200b anything wrong.\u201d (Fact\u2063 check:\u200d They all\u200d got \u200call of it wrong, and that\u2019s only a fair \u2064assessment if\u200d you don\u2019t\u2062 believe that\u2063 they\u2064 demonstrably\u200c and deliberately misled \u200cthe public for\u2063 three years, \u2064which\u200d they did.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  \u200c  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>Tapper made a \u2062corny\u2062 show about how \u200dmuch he \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-indiana-gov-eric-holcomb-vetoes-bill-banning-transgenders-from-womens-sports\/\" title=\"Republican Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb Vetoes Bill Banning Transgenders from Women's Sports\">values women<\/a> \u200cby \u200ccovering the\u2062 Brett Kavanaugh \u200bhearings with \u200ban all-female panel. \u201cI\u2019ve had all-women panels lots of \u2064times but it is true \u2062that this \u200dSunday\u2063 we\u2019d heard from men enough,\u201d \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/cnn-jake-tapper-explains-female-124955914.html\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer \u200dnoopener\">he said<\/a> to Stephen\u2064 Colbert.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-417d2024a6e72127f0dd84ae7715a1f5 \u2063fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" \u2063id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-417d2024a6e72127f0dd84ae7715a1f5\"><\/div>\n<p>  \u2062  <\/p>\n<p>And Tapper \u2063was \u200can obnoxious\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/01\/07\/cnns-most-special-flower-jake-tapper-calls-republicans-selfish-dipshits\/\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drama queen<\/a> of the first order \u200din all \u200cof his 2020\u2063 Covid\u200d coverage, hyping \u200bup \u2064fear in pursuit \u2064of unseating Donald Trump. When Joe Biden\u200b was sworn \u200din, his attitude toward \u2063Covid went\u200c from, \u201cThis is absolutely\u200c tragic, and \u2063why hasn\u2019t \u2063the president done \u200canything?\u201d\u2062 to\u200c \u201cWell, viruses spread. Whaddayado?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The interview\u200d will only be\u2063 a success \u200bif \u200dDeSantis is prepared \u200cto repeatedly rebuke what\u200d will \u2064surely\u200d be a \u200dline of\u200c questioning from Tapper \u200bfull of lies\u2064 and\u200c distortions. That \u200dwill\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-heads-to-cnn-to-hopefully-confront-jake-tapper-the-most-dishonest-man-on-cable-news\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis takes on CNN's Jake Tapper, known for his dishonesty.\">include citing \u2063specific\u2064 examples<\/a> of \u2063Tapper\u2019s hackery,\u200d from Russia\u200c to Covid, \u2064many of \u200dwhich\u200b are\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/jake-tapper\/\" target=\"_blank\" \u2064rel=\"noreferrer \u2062noopener\">helpfully cataloged \u200chere<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063  \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Tapper\u200b is \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/24\/jake-tapper-moves-to-primetime-proving-cnns-reputation-is-unsalvageable\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disreputable \u2064hysteric<\/a> who can\u2019t\u2063 be\u2064 trusted. \u200dHopefully, DeSantis\u200c knew that\u200b before agreeing to\u200c an \u2064interview.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ec1d7426ecec0134c7974b8fe48048a7 \u200bfdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ec1d7426ecec0134c7974b8fe48048a7\"><\/div>\n<hr \u200dclass=\"wp-block-separator\">   \u200d \t\t\t\t\t  \u2063 \u2063\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Took a while, but it&#8217;s great news that Ron DeSantis is finally engaging in important campaign events instead of casual activities on Fox. As the Republican candidate, his interview with Tucker Carlson at the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines was the most significant of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":1975272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}