Jake Tapper Destroys GOP's 'Cruel' Response to Alec Baldwin Tragedy

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Jake Tapper Destroys GOP’s ‘Cruel’ Response to Alec Baldwin Tragedy
‘HEARTBREAKING, FOR NORMAL PEOPLE’
The CNN host went after Republicans Lauren Boebert, J.D. Vance and others for making “being a horrible person” part of the GOP job description.
Matt Wilstein
Senior Writer
Updated Oct. 24, 2021 11:49AM ET / Published Oct. 24, 2021 11:26AM ET
CNN


CNN host Jake Tapper used the last few minutes of his State of the Union broadcast on Sunday to unload on the conversative politicians who saw opportunity in the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Alec Baldwin’s movie Rust last week.

Noting that Hutchins was a “rising star” in her field who left behind a husband and young son, Tapper said, “Heartbreaking, for normal people. But there’s something about our politics right now that is driving people away from our shared humanity.”

He pointed to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) who “apparently did some digging” and found a 2014 tweet from Baldwin about guns that she turned into a joke at his expense. “The Colorado congresswoman thought it was funny to exploit ‘hands up, don’t shoot,’ to make a joke at the expense of Baldwin,” Tapper said. “But more importantly, really to make a joke at the expense of Halyna Hutchins and her husband Matthew and their son Andres.”

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“Vance seems to want Trump to attack and mock for a global audience Alec Baldwin for killing a woman in what almost certainly was a tragic accident,” he continued. “Regardless of the pain of Matthew Hutchins or Andres Hutchins. And however this impacts Baldwin, and really, I mean, how might such an incident impact you? And he did this, J.D. Vance, why? Presumably because he thinks it will help him win supporters. He did it to win votes. In other words, the cruelty is a feature of his candidacy, not a bug.”

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He ended the show by recounting a text he received this week from an unnamed Republican official. “After J.D. Vance’s tweet,” it read, “being a horrible person is now actually a job requirement in this party.”

“I hope to God that that Republican official is wrong,” Tapper concluded.

[berni_mccoy]

1. Hillary was right. The GOP is full of deplorables

[2Gingersnaps]

6. The goons didn't learn a damn thing from the Seth Rich fiasco,

dancing on graves for blood sport is not a good look. You would think they would have figured that out with Benghazi.

[Qutzupalotl]

14. They took that word and ran with it.

Wore it as a “badge of honor,” even though that’s not what honor means.

The bar was so low it was on the ground, but they still managed to dig a hole and slide under it.

[GoCubsGo]

2. Wow, first Chris Hayes, and now Jake Tapper has FINALLY woken up.

Both of them have been asleep for the past 30 years, if not longer. The GOP has been infested with horrible people since the Reagan Error. I will give both Jake and Chris props for at least coming out and saying it. Better late than never, I guess.

[AngryOldDem]

7. What, you mean Hayes has stopped giving recaps....

….of what we missed on Tucker Carlson the night before? His obsession with spreading Fox News’s bullshit has made me stop watching him.

These GOP hacks think they’re being funny and giving their base what they want. But really, they’re walking talking examples of the saying, “For every finger you point, there are three pointing back at you.”

Shit-slinging is the new political discourse, and people wonder why things are the way they are.

[dalton99a]

3. It is the party of cruel sadism and death

[Cryptoad]

4. Then turns right around .......

and lets the AK Gove spew his MAGA Lies uncontested. I would urinated on him if he was in a conflagration

[The Mouth]

15. I wouldn't

But it sure would be nice to have the opportunity and option. Maybe douse the final flames to make sure the fire doesn't spread.

[yaesu]

5. most if not all repukes I know are terrible people, they may pretend to be caring but it doesn't

take long to see their true ability to be disgusting human beings.

[PatSeg]

8. "For some republican leaders, cruelty is a feature, not a bug."

Sadly true. It seems to be a selling point for right-wing politicians. They appear to be competing to see who can be the meanest and most insensitive.

[lees1975]

9. If you support these Republicans by voting for them you are as morally bankrupt as they are

and you are deplorable.

[bullwinkle428]

10. I'm sure no GrOPers were "inspired" by Chump's statement on Colin Powell's death.

[monkeyman1]

11. when chump is finally jailed , we will see just how useless he is !!!!

[Boomerproud]

12. No Jake Tapper, the GOP official was not wrong.

Start praying and hoping if you think it will do any good.

[Johonny]

13. And suddenly the GOP are for gun control or something

For all the hay tossed on Alec this weekend by them, I don't get their solution. It just seems like pigs bathing in the blood of another without any reason than to fill their hate-lust. I'd call it sick, but basically it's their normal state. If you didn't find it sick along time ago, I doubt you're shocked now.

[Roc2020]

16. An evil cult

That's who Trump supporters are.