Jake Tapper’s damage-control tour for his upcoming book just took a wrecking ball to the face — and it was wielded by none other than Megyn Kelly.
On her show this week, the no-nonsense conservative journalist and former Fox News anchor grilled Tapper like a ribeye, tearing into his sudden “humility” over having defended Joe Biden’s mental competence while Americans watched him deteriorate in real time.
Tapper, who now claims he was misled or perhaps just naïve, tried to shift gears during the interview, acknowledging that he “missed” signs of Biden’s decline. He even admitted that Lara Trump — yes, that Lara Trump, whom Tapper once scoffed at for questioning Biden’s cognition — had been right all along.
“She saw something that I did not see at the time,” Tapper said, practically bowing his head in surrender. “A hundred percent.”
But Kelly wasn’t interested in his hand-wringing.
She cut him off mid-rationalization: “He promised you he would be transparent about his health records, and then he wasn’t. You didn’t follow up on the fact that he was falling up the stairs, that he was slurring, that he was incomprehensible, that he was getting lost on the White House lawn.”
Tapper sheepishly offered that he did once ask Biden about his age. “And I said, ‘They’re watching you, and you’re too old for this job.’”
That didn’t fly with Kelly.
“You sat with him a month after he asked where Jackie Walorski was — after her death — and you didn’t press him on it,” she fired back. “There’s a way to ask the tough questions. You didn’t do it.”
The moment that has now gone viral came when Kelly obliterated the notion that Tapper was being brave for writing a book now, after Biden has stepped aside. “You’re cashing in on the truth now — after the damage has already been done.”
Tapper responded by falling back on his favorite buzzword: “humility.” He “wished” he’d asked tougher questions. He “wished” he’d covered Biden’s mental state more seriously. But wishing doesn’t change the fact that he sat across from a confused man unfit for office — and said nothing.
Megyn Kelly calls out Tapper for selling books about Biden’s decline after HE HIMSELF was helping the coverup
Tapper: “I don’t think that’s true”
Megyn then rolls the tape… pic.twitter.com/66GQwstPCd
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 20, 2025
The internet was merciless. Clips of Tapper blaming Biden’s gibberish on a “childhood stutter” resurfaced. So did his condescending dismissal of Trump allies raising the alarm.
CNN predictably circled the wagons, calling Tapper a “tenacious” journalist who “held both sides accountable.” Right.
In reality, the only thing Tapper held accountable was the mute button — every time Biden needed help.
And now, with a book to sell, he’s suddenly grown a conscience.
Too little, too late, Jake.
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