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Softballs For El-Sayed From Supine Jake Tapper
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 08/09/2026 1:12:14 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Jake Tapper’s pitches to Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed on CNN's State of the Union today were so soft that he would have been thrown out of a slow-pitch league.

Tapper lobbed El-Sayed right out of the box: what can you do to fight Trump harder on affordability and other issues? High hard one there, Jake!

El-Sayed was happy to oblige with a lengthy, unchallenged monologue about “hauling up” Trump officials, RFK Jr., and the usual anti-Trump framing. Not a single specific proposal to address affordability. And no pushback from Tapper.

Later, Tapper tiptoed oh-so-delicately around the 800-pound anti-Israel elephant in the room. He cited former primary opponent Mallory McMorrow and New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg, both of whom had criticized El-Sayed for an inability to recognize that people of good faith might simply hold a different “worldview.”

Every sentient viewer understood what that coded language meant. So did Tapper. So did El-Sayed.

It was a polite invitation to address El-Sayed's radically anti-Israel views and associations, including his refusal to accept Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, and his close association with the virulently antisemitic, pro-Hamas, October 7-defending Hasan Piker. A figure so vile, even some Democrats have disowned him.

Incredibly, the words "Israel," "antisemitism," or "Hasan Piker" never crossed Jake's lips.

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1 posted on 08/09/2026 1:12:14 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

His name is Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed.


2 posted on 08/09/2026 1:13:40 PM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: patro; abb; SE Mom; HarleyLady27; connyankee; Behind Liberal Lines; KC_Lion; frank ballenger; ...

Before the primary, when Jake thought Stevens would be the stronger general election candidate, Tapper had pressed Sayed hard on his radical views. But now that Sayed’s the Dem candidate, time for Jake, like all good members of the liberal media, to circle the wagons!

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.


3 posted on 08/09/2026 1:14:27 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Tapper is a fool.


4 posted on 08/09/2026 1:14:38 PM PDT by chopperk (,)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Question to Democrat: “What is your favorite color?”

Question to Republicans: “What was the capitol of Assyria?”


5 posted on 08/09/2026 1:20:28 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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To: chopperk

Tapper is a treasonous fool. He serves softballs to a guy who would cut his throat if his ilk had control.


6 posted on 08/09/2026 1:21:58 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: chopperk

Somebody needs to go down the hall to the room at the end and take a crapper.....


7 posted on 08/09/2026 1:24:56 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Because Qatar has their tentacles in every orifice of our government, media and academia. The plan to is to put al-Sayed in the Senate. And they will succeed, no matter what.


8 posted on 08/09/2026 1:25:38 PM PDT by montag813
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To: ClearCase_guy

“ Question to Democrat: “What is your favorite color?””

“Boxers or briefs?”


9 posted on 08/09/2026 1:31:02 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Quiet! Quiet Piggy!)
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To: montag813

Because Qatar has their tentacles in every orifice of our government, media and academia.

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Their tentacles are very small just like their GDP.


10 posted on 08/09/2026 1:34:37 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. )
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To: ClearCase_guy

Ninevah.....


11 posted on 08/09/2026 1:35:51 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Good catch, Mark. Snake Yapper covering for the MoFo (Mohammed Follower).


12 posted on 08/09/2026 1:38:02 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Tapper?

Isn’t he the BFF of the Flip-Flopping Fascist Fear Fuhrer Fauci?


13 posted on 08/09/2026 1:44:53 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Mohammed el-Sayed.


14 posted on 08/09/2026 1:49:39 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: chopperk

A paid whore and that is worse than a fool—at least you know what you are doing.


15 posted on 08/09/2026 2:00:33 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Islam is a cancer. You don’t even want one cell much less giving any of them political power.


16 posted on 08/09/2026 2:07:38 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Jack Tapper has “SNAP ON” knee pads. No need to fumble with straps and ties. Just “SNAP ON” to your knees, in just a few seconds.


17 posted on 08/09/2026 2:10:49 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
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To: PGalt

MoFo. I like it! I call them Mozlems. When pronounced that way in Arabic it means evil and unjust.


18 posted on 08/09/2026 2:10:51 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

if he was a Republican Tapper would have asked him over and over why he hates Jews, but since this guy is on the same team, hey calling for a ONE STATE SOLUTION which means Israel is wiped off the planet hey thats all good, thats the trend right now, Israel must be destroyed


19 posted on 08/09/2026 2:14:26 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The job of the media is to protect Dems no matter what, their main objective is to do their bidding and help them get power..its the same kind of media you would find in Iran and North Korea


20 posted on 08/09/2026 2:15:06 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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