Tapper: ‘I Do Not Accept That I Was Just Providing Cover for Joe Biden’

Kelly All said in ░░░░░░░░ context of I know ░░░░░░░░ my audience wants to ░░░░░░░░ asked and Jake has ░░░░░░░░ me before he wanted ░░░░░░░░ opportunity to answer these ░░░░░░░░ so here that s ░░░░░░░░ we re doing TAPPER ░░░░░░░░ I we didn t ░░░░░░░░ on the show thinking ░░░░░░░░ this was going to ░░░░░░░░ a softball interview Kelly ░░░░░░░░ Right TAPPER I understand ░░░░░░░░ listen listen as a ░░░░░░░░ of all nobody flagellates ░░░░░░░░ Tapper more than Jake ░░░░░░░░ OK Like I get ░░░░░░░░ I understand I am ░░░░░░░░ I make mistakes It ░░░░░░░░ not just the Biden ░░░░░░░░ I mean I go ░░░░░░░░ and I look at ░░░░░░░░ I wish I had ░░░░░░░░ covering terrorism more before ░░░░░░░░ 11 I wish that ░░░░░░░░ had covered the WMD ░░░░░░░░ more skepticism And there ░░░░░░░░ you know a million ░░░░░░░░ This is definitely among ░░░░░░░░ And conservative media absolutely ░░░░░░░░ every right to say ░░░░░░░░ were hip to this ░░░░░░░░ the legacy media was ░░░░░░░░ Now I do not ░░░░░░░░ that I was part ░░░░░░░░ a cover up I ░░░░░░░░ not accept that I ░░░░░░░░ just providing cover for ░░░░░░░░ Biden I think a ░░░░░░░░ of these clips are ░░░░░░░░ fair The one that ░░░░░░░░ fair is the Lara ░░░░░░░░ clip and I own ░░░░░░░░ and I regret it ░░░░░░░░ I ve told her ░░░░░░░░ privately And that s ░░░░░░░░ fair But what we ░░░░░░░░ after the election what ░░░░░░░░ were willing to tell ░░░░░░░░ after the election was ░░░░░░░░ shocking And yeah the ░░░░░░░░ Walorski thing is awful ░░░░░░░░ I would posit that ░░░░░░░░ Biden not being able ░░░░░░░░ come up with the ░░░░░░░░ of his national security ░░░░░░░░ in December 2022 is ░░░░░░░░ information And I would ░░░░░░░░ posit Kelly I m ░░░░░░░░ m not I m ░░░░░░░░ that the book has ░░░░░░░░ place or importance TAPPER ░░░░░░░░ Kelly Let me ask ░░░░░░░░ something So you may ░░░░░░░░ aware the hard time ░░░░░░░░ ve given you on ░░░░░░░░ show is not because ░░░░░░░░ your coverage of the ░░░░░░░░ mental decline Thompson Oh ░░░░░░░░ am aware Kelly I ░░░░░░░░ given you a hard ░░░░░░░░ over the past couple ░░░░░░░░ weeks because you you ░░░░░░░░ honored by the White ░░░░░░░░ Correspondents Dinner for covering ░░░░░░░░ story which honestly is ░░░░░░░░ getting the award for ░░░░░░░░ the thinnest kid at ░░░░░░░░ Camp I mean there ░░░░░░░░ literally no competition at ░░░░░░░░ White House Correspondents Association ░░░░░░░░ that they would even ░░░░░░░░ They re not going ░░░░░░░░ give awards to anybody ░░░░░░░░ the right wing ecosphere ░░░░░░░░ covered this from the ░░░░░░░░ with all due respect ░░░░░░░░ you, Alex. But —”