MSNBC anchor Lawrence O’Donnell tore into Jake Tapper after the CNN host interviewed President Trump over text – arguing the network “can’t even prove” the answers were real.
During CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday , Tapper said he was sharing an “exclusive” interview with the president, who “answered my questions on text” about topics ranging from an Israel-Hamas ceasefire to the government shutdown.
“You gave him the questions in writing. So now, instead of letting Trump hide in a phone call where we can at least know that it’s him talking, Donald Trump gets to hide behind the black screen of texting,” O’Donnell said Monday night during MSNBC’s “The Last Word.” 3
He accused the longtime CNN reporter of giving the commander-in-chief unfair preferential treatment – lobbing