Jake Tapper mocked after CNN star refers to black DC pipe bomb suspect as a 'white man'

Daily Mail ^ | 12-4-25 | Melissa Koenig

[MarlonRando]

The CNN anchor made the embarrassing gaffe during the opening segment on The Lead Thursday evening, as a surveillance photo of suspect Brian Cole Jr. flashed behind him.

Moments later, CNN became the first outlet to publish a second photo of the alleged suspect, taken from his mother's Instagram account.

It clearly shows that the 30-year-old is a black man.

[fidelis]

Imagine if there were a button on a table— if you press the button, you become White. Here is a question for you. Since there are approximately 8 billion people on Earth, the day after the race-swapping button is rolled out and people can line up to push it: how many people the next day would be, “White?”

I'm not "white" and I wouldn't push it. I'm happy being who I am and most every one I know doesn't seem to care (except the occasional racist). I suspect I'm not the only one out of "8 billion" who'd say the same.