Jake Tapper fumes over lefty podcaster implying his son is racist for wanting to be a cop: This is why you fers are losing

CNN anchor Jake Tapper recalled how a left-wing podcaster took a patronizing tone when he shared that his 15-year-old son wants to be a cop.The unnamed podcaster implied that Tapper’s son was racist due to his law enforcement aspirations, something that left the CNN anchor stunned and feeling that was emblematic of why Democrats have been losing elections.“Their joke was about my 15-year-old son, ‘Oh, how does he feel about minorities?’” Tapper recalled during an interview on “The Prof G Pod” podcast last week.“Like the idea that he wants to be a policeman, therefore he’s, he’s racist, my son.
And like, you know, that was the big laugh.”“Then I got dragged in the comments and all that stuff and, and I thought to myself, ‘This is why you f—ers are losing elections.’”“The Prof G Pod” host Scott Galloway concurred, saying, “One hundred percent.”Tapper did not identify where this took place, saying it was a “left-leaning podcast that shall remain nameless.” However, it appears to line up with his appearance on “How Long Gone” back in April.“How Long Gone” co-host Chris Black hit back at Tapper over the apparent dig.
“Him willfully choosing to take a joke wrong, that he definitely knew what it was in the moment, I would say is only a pro move,” Black said after a clip of Tapper’s jab went viral.“He spun it for his own gain, and it’s working.”Tapper has been doing the media circuit to promote “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” a tome he co-authored with star Axios reporter Alex Thompson that was released last week.
The CNN chief Washington correspondent’s remarks came during a broader conversation about the Democratic Party’s troubles with men.“My son is now 15 years old, and he’s a gamer.He’s a football fan, starting linebacker on his varsity football team,” Tapper explained.
“The Democratic Party has no way of communicati...