‘You All Thought He Was White Too!’ Erick Erickson Defends Jake Tapper’s Mistake on Alleged Pipe Bomber

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Dec 5th, 2025, 1:03 pm

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Conservative podcaster Erick Erickson opened Friday’s show by defending CNN’s Jake Tapper for mistakenly classifying the alleged 2021 Washington, D.C. pipe bomber as a “ white man .”

Tapper reported on Thursday’s episode of “ Brian Cole Jr ., a 30-year-old white man from the D.C. suburbs, is charged with transporting an explosive device in interstate commerce and with malicious destruction by means of explosion.”

When CNN aired an image of Cole, Tapper’s assertion was debunked.

On social media, MAGA influencers roasted Tapper, with one even accusing the CNN anchor of going “ out of his way to LIE ” about Cole’s r

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