So why the brain fart with Tapper?
My first guess is to make an issue of it. To imply something that really is not there. I can see ,for example, Trump agreeing to what Tapper wants and then the media reporting for months that there were some serious questions about Trump’s ties to the klan and he had no choice to distance himself from the klan. In reality there were no such connections to the klan but the media will imply it.
How many times have you heard that Trump accused Mexicans of being drug dealers and rapists when he never ever said this. I can see the media making an issue out of the klan for the black voters when that is completely ridiculous.