WATCH: CNN’s Jake Tapper Confronts Kellyanne Conway On Trump’s ‘Offensive’ Lies
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On Tuesday, CNN’s Jake Tapper confronted Kellyanne Conway about Donald Trump’s false accusation that the “very dishonest press” is refusing to report on terror attacks. During the interview Tapper told Conway “it’s offensive” to the journalists currently risking their lives to cover these tragedies.
After he brought up Trump’s moral equivalency between Russia and the United States, Jake Tapper turned to Trump’s controversial attack on the media, which Trump made Monday in during his first speech to the American troops.
Tapper said to Conway, “Saying that we don’t cover terrorism, that’s just false.”
Kellyanne Conway tried to change the subject by talking about the huge amount of TV coverage Trump received during the campaign.
“That’s a lovely spin, but that’s not what he was saying Kellyanne,” Tapper responded. Tapper also noted that the president was alleging the media is purposely avoiding talking about these attacks.
“It’s offensive given the fact that CNN and other media organizations have reporters in danger right now, in war zones, covering ISIS,” Tapper said.
Jake Tapper then moved to the obvious hypocrisy of Trump not mentioning the deadly attack last month at a mosque in Quebec City, that was carried out by a white nationalist supporter of Trump.
“President Trump has not said or tweeted one public word about this,” Tapper said.
Then Tapper asked, “You want to talk about ignoring terrorism, why hasn’t the president offered his sympathy to our neighbors in the north?”
Next Tapper moved the conversation by pressing Kellyanne Conway to explain why Donald Trump continues to attack the media and why she pushed the false “Bowling Green Massacre” story to bolster Trump’s immigration ban, and whether she considers CNN to be “fake news.”
