Jake Tapper Tries Desperately To Stop CNN Panel From Being Antisemitic On-Air

Posted • August 7, 2024: This is cringeworthy and very uncomfortable to watch. CNN all but admitted that the fact Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro being a Jew was a problem in the race to be Kamala Harris' vice presidential running mate. Now that Kamala has selected Minnesota governor Tim Walz, there's some question about whether or not Shapiro turned down the slot because he couldn't stand Kamala (funny, if true). So here's another CNN panel tap dancing around antisemitism while Jake Tapper tries desperately to steer them away from going there: What a moment on CNN: Abby Phillip wonders if picking Josh Shapiro would "antagonize those voters" who voted "uncommitted" in Minnesota over the Gaza war.

Jake Tapper tries to cut in and say that Shapiro's policy on Israel is the same as Walz, but "he is Jewish." Audie Cornish says Shapiro is "the face of the crackdown of campus protests" and that he labeled them "antisemitic." Tapper says "the ones that were antisemitic he criticized as being antisemitic." Cornish says it still might be a "slap in the face" to the "activist wing of the party." (…)

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