Jake Tapper Admits He Was Wrong About Biden’s Brain — But Don’t Call It an Apology
Jake Tapper finally said the quiet part out loud. And no, not on CNN — that ship’s already halfway sunk. It happened on Piers Morgan’s show, of all places, where Tapper actually looked into the camera and said, without irony, “She was right, and I was wrong.” He was referring to Lara Trump’s years-old warning about Joe Biden’s cognitive decline — the one he publicly trashed her for. Now? Now he’s promoting a book.
The Gaslight Has Gone Out
Tapper wasn’t confused. He didn’t make a mistake. He lied. On purpose. For years. He wasn’t some naive journalist misled by bad information — he was the bad information. When Lara Trump pointed out what everyone could plainly see — that Joe Biden was in cognitive freefall — Tapper didn’t argue the facts. He accused her of mocking Biden’s stutter and launched into a performative moral lecture, as if he were auditioning to be CNN’s pope of propriety.
But now that Joe’s word salad has turned into full-blown alphabet soup and even Democrats are whispering about his mental fitness behind closed doors, Tapper’s doing what every D.C. media hack does when the facts finally catch up: issuing a half-hearted rebrand disguised as an apology.
Lara Trump Was Right — The Media Lied
Let’s talk about Lara Trump for a second. She didn’t diagnose Biden on air. She didn’t mock his speech. She made a calm, reasonable observation based on what we could all see: that the man could barely string together a coherent sentence without help.
And what did she get for it? A live, televised tongue-lashing by Jake Tapper, who moralized about how “you have no standing to diagnose someone’s cognitive state.” Meanwhile, Tapper had zero hesitation diagnosing Trump supporters as threats to democracy from the safety of his glass anchor chair.
But the thing is — Lara was right. She was telling the truth when the media told us to sit down and shut up. And Tapper knew it. He wasn’t confused. He was playing his part.
This Isn’t Humility — It’s Marketing
Let’s be honest. Tapper’s not coming clean because his conscience is finally awake. He’s trying to sell books. Period. If Biden had delivered even a half-functional performance at the debate, Tapper would still be accusing Trump supporters of medical misinformation. But now that the president’s mental decline is so painfully obvious it’s trending on TikTok, Tapper sees the writing on the wall — and he’s rewriting his own history while he’s at it.
This isn’t a man admitting he was wrong. This is a media grifter trying to jump off a burning narrative with a parachute made of book pages and network regrets.
The Real Crime: Collusion by Omission
Let’s not forget — the media didn’t just “miss” Biden’s mental decline. They covered it up. They buried clips. They edited out gaffes. They ran interference every time Biden stumbled over a teleprompter or wandered offstage like a confused mall walker. And who led that effort? Guys like Tapper. Guys who told America that asking questions about the president’s mind was somehow ableist or cruel. That it made you a bad person. That it helped Putin. They didn’t protect Biden. They protected their power.
Tapper Wants Redemption Without Accountability
Now, Tapper’s on his apology tour — or should we call it his “Damage Control Book Tour” — trying to cash in while pretending he was just a little slow to the truth. Nope. He wasn’t late. He was an obstacle. And his sudden turn toward honesty isn’t brave — it’s strategic. He’s trying to sneak out the backdoor of a collapsing narrative before it falls on his head. But we’re not letting him.
If You Helped Build the Lie, You Own the Fallout
Tapper’s not just a biased reporter. He was part of the firewall that kept uncomfortable truths out of sight during an election year. That’s not journalism. That’s election interference with a press badge. And now, as Biden’s decline becomes a liability even the DNC can’t spin, Tapper wants forgiveness without consequences, praise without accountability, and book sales without pushback. Too bad.
Final Thoughts
Jake Tapper spent years gaslighting the American people, mocking the truth-tellers, and carrying water for a party that knew full well what it was selling. Now that the wheels are coming off the Biden train, Tapper wants to switch tracks and wave a white flag — just in time to move a few hardcovers.
We see you, Jake. And we’re not buying it.
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JIMMY
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