{"id":2440099,"date":"2025-05-28T19:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T23:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lara-trump-sets-the-record-straight-after-jake-tapper-said-he-apologized-to-her-for-infamous-interview-incident\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T19:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T23:55:03","slug":"lara-trump-sets-the-record-straight-after-jake-tapper-said-he-apologized-to-her-for-infamous-interview-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lara-trump-sets-the-record-straight-after-jake-tapper-said-he-apologized-to-her-for-infamous-interview-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Lara Trump Sets the Record Straight After Jake Tapper Said He Apologized to Her for Infamous Interview Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Flara-trump-sets-the-record-straight-after-jake-tapper-said-he-apologized-to-her-for-infamous-interview-incident%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=2440099&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--><p>CNN anchor Jake Tapper is attempting to reconcile wiht Lara Trump as he promotes his new book, &#8220;Original Sin: President Biden&#8217;s decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.&#8221; In it, Tapper discusses concerns about Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cognitive health leading<\/a> up to the 2024 election, a topic he previously defended during Biden&#8217;s presidency, claiming the criticism was unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>The narrative highlights a notable exchange from 2020 between Tapper and Lara Trump, in which tapper downplayed Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-confidant-worries-former-presidents-health-may-prevent-run-for-president-in-2024\/\" title=\"... Confidant Worries Former ...\u2019s Health May Prevent Run For ... In 2024\">cognitive issues<\/a>, attributing them instead to a speech impediment. Recently, Lara Trump revealed that Tapper contacted her two months ago to apologize, acknowledging he had previously been wrong about Biden and planned to make his contrition public when promoting his book.<\/p>\n<p>despite acknowledging the apology,Lara Trump suggests that it might potentially be too late to mend the damage done,especially considering the broader implications of Biden&#8217;s presidency. She expresses skepticism about the sincerity of Tapper&#8217;s apology, implying it may serve more as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-deletes-twitter-account-as-legal-experts-call-his-abc-interview-a-mistake\/\" title=\"Alec Baldwin Deletes Twitter Account As Legal Experts Call His ABC Interview A \u2018Mistake\u2019\">public relations move<\/a> than a genuine admission of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>the situation underscores a shifting dynamic as Tapper&#8217;s approach to Biden is questioned, with a focus on the lasting impact of media narratives and the potential motivations behind public apologies in political discourse.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>CNN anchor Jake Tapper is trying to make amends with Lara Trump as he pushes his newest book, &ldquo;Original Sin: President Biden&rsquo;s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,&rdquo; about former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s cognitive decline ahead of the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Tapper &mdash; for years during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/politico-forced-impressive-truth-trumps-first-138-days-comparing-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s term &mdash; tried to say the former president was fit for office and that conservatives were unjustly attacking his cognitive abilities.<\/p>\n<p>In one famous exchange with Lara Trump from 2020, Tapper tried to explain away Biden&rsquo;s worsening state as a stuttering problem, pushing back on President Donald Trump&rsquo;s daughter-in-law bringing to light what everyone now accepts as fact.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Tapper has now changed his tone, trying to appear as the voice of reason despite perpetuating the cover-up he is now writing about.<\/p>\n<p>In a clip from &ldquo;The Ingraham Angle,&rdquo; posted to the Fox News YouTube channel Tuesday, Lara Trump told Laura Ingraham that Tapper has apologized, but asked what that is really worth now that the damage has been done.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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I plan, whenever the book comes out to go on TV and I will say you were right and I was wrong.&rsquo; And I guess to Jake&rsquo;s credit, he did that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump then commented on the bigger picture when it came to the Biden presidency and Tapper&rsquo;s previous remarks, along with the left bending over backwards to cover for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/curl-bidens-bizarre-behavior-should-alarm-every-american\/\" title=\"CURL: Biden\u2019s Bizarre Behavior Should Alarm Every American\">clear decline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The overarching thing here, though, is that the damage is done, right? We were so close to something so dangerous happening to this country,&rdquo; Trump said, referring to Biden&rsquo;s decision to drop out from the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>She said that since Tapper played a role in the cover-up, the apology &ldquo;feels a little bit too late to me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ingraham asked if Tapper or anyone else would be owning up to any of this if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-post-debate-meltdown-detailed-new-book-doesnt-treat-like-d-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debate<\/a> that day in June had gone differently.<\/p>\n<p>The answer, of course, is no.<\/p>\n<p>Tapper, the legacy media, and the Democrats would have covered for Biden harder than ever had the debate against President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-admin-set-supercharge-illegal-alien-arrests-deportations-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> gone better.<\/p>\n<p>The cover-up would continue, and Americans would be left paying whatever disastrous price came next.<\/p>\n<p>Tapper&rsquo;s reputation is not going to be saved from this book or this apology.<\/p>\n<p>He played a role in the cover-up, and now he wants to make money off it.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s the only reason he apologized.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Throughout Biden&#8217;s presidency, Tapper defended him against claims of cognitive issues made by conservatives. In a notable 2020 exchange with Lara Trump, he attempted to downplay Biden&#8217;s deteriorating condition as merely a stuttering issue. Now, however, Tapper has shifted his stance and is presenting himself as a voice of reason despite having previously contributed to the narrative he now critiques. In a recent appearance on &#8220;The Ingraham Angle,&#8221; Lara Trump mentioned that while Tapper has apologized for his past comments, she questions the value of that apology given the harm already done<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2440100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lara-Trump-Speaking.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56093,32444,33397,36546],"class_list":["post-2440099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-interview-incident","tag-jake-tapper","tag-lara-trump","tag-media-controversy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lara-Trump-Speaking.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440099","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440099"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440103,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440099\/revisions\/2440103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}