MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell slams CNN’s Jake Tapper over Trump interview

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MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell roasted CNN’s Jake Tapper on Monday in a uncommon occasion of mainstream anchors capturing contained in the tent.

Tapper on Sunday touted an "unique interview with President Donald Trump" that was performed by means of textual content messaging. CNN’s "State of the Union" anchor requested Trump about Hamas’ response to his ceasefire proposal, if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on board and the federal government shutdown, however O’Donnell instructed Tapper was both duped by White Home staffers or just performed lazy journalism.

"CNN offered a so-called interview… that they will’t even show was Donald Trump . They known as it ‘breaking information,’ they known as it ‘an unique, new interview with President Trump.’ That’s what they known as it, earlier than the interviewer stated this," O’Donnell stated earlier than enjoying video of Tapper saying Trump answered his questions by way of "textual content."

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CNN’s Jake Tapper was mocked by MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell. (Getty Photographs)

"What? You gave him the questions in writing? So now, as a substitute of letting Trump conceal behind a cellphone name, the place we will at the very least know that it’s him speaking, Donald Trump will get to cover behind the black display screen of texting? We truly don't know who texted the replies in that so-called interview," O’Donnell stated.

The MSNBC host stated "CNN is unable to show" it was truly Trump responding.

"CNN has not revealed how lengthy it took to get a reply to every of the 5 written questions that apparently acquired replies from somebody," O’Donnell stated.

O’Donnell continued to belittle Tapper, suggesting "slow-pitch softball" questions have been lobbed on the president. The MSNBC host was significantly bothered when Tapper requested, "How do you suppose the federal government shutdown goes to finish?"

O’Donnell stated Tapper obtained the "empty reply" he "deserved," and scolded his liberal media peer for not revealing which questions Trump failed to reply to.

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Jake Tapper on Sunday touted an "unique interview with President Trump" that was performed by means of textual content messaging.

"What could possibly be extra related in reporting an change than that's alleged to be with the President of the USA, then, together with the questions he refused to reply? We don't know," O’Donnell stated.

O'Donnell instructed Trump is affected by psychological decline and accused Tapper of serving to out the White House communications employees.

"When the historical past of Donald Trump’s psychological decline is written, it'll little question embody that so-called interview yesterday as a turning level in Donald Trump’s White Home coping with the problem of Donald Trump attempting to reply questions throughout this era of apparent psychological decline for Donald Trump," O’Donnell stated.

"Donald Trump was allowed to develop into, by CNN, the primary president in historical past to get questions in writing for an interview, questions that he might take residence… after which Donald Trump was allowed to take -- we don’t know the way a lot time to answer to these questions," he continued. "We do know CNN remains to be ready for a few of them."

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CNN’s Jake Tapper interviewed President Trump by way of textual content message. (CNN/screengrab)

O’Donnell wasn’t completed firing his ire at Tapper and stated "this specific interviewer" can be "outraged" if former President Biden had ever answered questions by way of textual content message.

"This specific interviewer wrote a complete ebook condemning Joe Biden as a result of he didn’t like the way in which Joe Biden answered questions. He thought Joe Biden wasn’t as much as the job of answering questions as a presidential candidate, significantly within the presidential debate," O’Donnell stated, referring to Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson's ebook, "Unique Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cowl-Up, and His Disastrous Option to Run Once more."

O’Donnell even believes Tapper might have set a harmful precedent.

"Within the Sunday morning interview enterprise, and it's a enterprise, each time they decrease their requirements for Donald Trump, that turns into the brand new commonplace," O’Donnell stated.

A CNN spokesperson defended Tapper.

"Jake Tapper is a journalist — CNN journalists will all the time take any alternative to ask questions of these in energy and share what we study with our viewers," the spokesperson advised Fox Information Digital.

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Tapper stated Tuesday on The Bulwark podcast he casually texted Trump and didn’t count on to be lauded for the "achievement."

"I'd a lot desire to be doing an interview with him in particular person, on-camera, however he has not given me an interview since that one in June 2016," Tapper stated.

Tapper additionally learn the questions that Trump failed to reply to, which included ideas about Hamas, Obamacare subsidies and whether or not he would decide to an interview.

The White Home didn't instantly reply to a request for remark.

Brian Flood is a media editor/reporter for FOX Information Digital. Story suggestions will be despatched to brian.flood@fox.com and on Twitter: @briansflood.