Rep. Elise Stefanik took Jake Tapper to the cleaners… just one look at his pouty, cranky, smug little face while she was going off about his claims that Trump had called for genocide against Iran, and you know she had him where she wanted him.
And where he did not want to be.
Watch this:
Rep. Elise Stefanik just DOG WALKED Jake Tapper on his own show: “This is TYPICAL CNN!”
Tapper tried to claim Trump was calling for genocide against Iran — Stefanik shut it down instantly.
TAPPER: “Is calling for wiping out an entire civilization bad or good?”
STEFANIK: “Of… pic.twitter.com/qm6Vlz4Mye
— Overton (@overton_news) April 19, 2026
As Stefanik tells Jake, “President Trump effectively brought the Iranians to the table. He effectively delivered a ceasefire.”
Would that be a bad thing from CNN’s leftist point of view? CNN’s Man in Iran Tacitly Admits He Had a ‘Minder’ Who Informed Regime.
To answer that question, it’s worth noting:
It’s still astonishing that anyone listens to a word Jake Tapper says, especially when he pushes claims like this that are completely made up. He was the one who first laundered the dossier into the public bloodstream. Before that, even the fake news wouldn’t cross the line of… https://t.co/igXddtjydY pic.twitter.com/4hLIsEcRUf
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) April 19, 2026