Mast Slams CNN’s Tapper for Questioning His Commitment to Democracy 'I lost two legs for Jake Tapper’s right to say whatever the hell he wants'

freebeacon ^ | JANUARY 13, 2021 | Brent Scher

[MarvinStinson]

Rep. Brian Mast (R., Fla.), a U.S. Army veteran who lost both his legs serving in Afghanistan, slammed CNN host Jake Tapper on Wednesday for questioning his "commitment" to fighting for democracy in the United States.

"I lost two legs for Jake Tapper’s right to say whatever the hell he wants," Mast told the Free Beacon in response to Tapper's Wednesday remark. "But that free speech also protects the Republicans he is so eager to condemn for asking constitutional questions about the election."

Tapper took aim at Mast after the Republican congressman announced he would be voting against impeaching President Donald Trump. Mast questioned on the House floor whether the president was indeed culpable for the actions of his supporters who violently stormed the Capitol a week ago.

"Congressman Brian Mast, a Republican from Florida, who lost his legs, by the way, fighting for democracy abroad, although I don't know what his—I don't know about his commitment to it here in the United States," Tapper said on his Wednesday show.

Mast served in the military from 2000 until after he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan's Kandahar region in 2010. He was first elected to the House in 2016 and was comfortably reelected last November.

[MarvinStinson]

Weasel Jake Tapper

[LittleBillyInfidel]

I see no reason to ever again send our sons and daughters overseas to risk life and limb for what this country has become. The fight is right here, right now, outside our doors.

[TTFlyer]

Agreed 100%.

[From The Deer Stand]

Tapper is a moron. Plain and simple.

[Nateman]

By the intensity of the smears from the RATs I think this Capital Hill attack was prepared shortly after Trump asked his people to show up in DC. They disabled the panic buttons in Congressional Offices in the hopes that some of the Congressmen would be killed be Trump supporters. Even the 2nd Impeachment was pre-planned in advance with McConnell agreeing to make sure a trial did not happen. Why no trial? Because truth is the ultimate defense the stolen elections would finally have had their day in court and that is exactly what the swamp has managed to avoid.

[LeonardFMason]

Mast should have called Tapper a WORTHLESS POS by name.

[Ebenezer]

And to think people actually watch lowlives like Tapper for “news”.

[libertylover]

"But that free speech also protects the Republicans he is so eager to condemn for asking constitutional questions about the election."

Well, not so much.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

But if you comment on Duckworth you’ll be kicked off socialist media.

[allendale]

Jake Tapper is a living, walking piece of excrement and deserves to be treated as such.

[chopperk]

Brian, why not take Jake behind the woodshed and teach him some manners? He needs it badly......

[b4me]

“who violently stormed the Capitol a week ago”

exactly who did that? we know some who did but very wrong of article author to say it was trump supporters and not mention antifa or others involved.

[crz]

The very first thing that should’ve been done is to go after these sons a bitches agitating in the fake news.

Destroy the propaganda machine and that will destroy the means of mind control.

[mdmathis6]

Pardon the “pun” but we need this particular lash back to grow legs! Tapper should be tarred and feathered for what he said!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I’m certain there are enterprising electricians out there who are capable of cutting their power.

[crz]

So true.