Jake Tapper Hits Mike Johnson With Blunt Reality Check On Trump's 'Enemy Within' Comment
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The CNN anchor confronted the House speaker over whether Trump's words "pass muster with the Civility Caucus."
CNN anchor Jake Tapper called out Mike Johnson for cooking up lies to defend Donald Trump’s “enemy from within” threat against Democrats on Sunday.
“Does wanting to use the military against political opponents, would that pass muster with the Civility Caucus?” said Tapper, referring to a caucus that the House speaker helped establish in Congress in 2017.
“Jake, you know that’s not what he’s talking about there. What he’s talking about is marauding gangs of dangerous —,” Johnson claimed.
“Nope,” Tapper interjected.
″— violent people who are destroying public property and threatening other American citizens,” Johnson continued.
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