McCarthyism and Trumpism are very different. They stand for very different things, but the technique of the big lie, smearing and telling lies, you know, McCarthy was doing that. At the time, the media, Democrats, and Republicans were all paralyzed… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
What would McCarthy, what would Nixon, what would Bill Clinton have done if they'd had Twitter? — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
You know what takes effort? Being kind, being patient, being respectful, telling someone how you feel politely instead of just avoiding them for six… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
My job, in general, is nonfiction, so writing fiction was liberating. If you can't find the answer to something, you just make it up! — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
I listen to a lot of criticism. From the Left and the Right and from everywhere. I mean, everybody's a media critic. And sometimes… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
Whenever journalism students ask me what they should be doing, I say that if you're on social media, you should be following a ton… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
There are news sources that are just out-and-out lies coming from Europe, coming from other parts of the world. — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
My job is to be skeptical: skeptical of people like Edward Snowden and skeptical of the U.S. government. — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
I did freelance cartooning off and on from college graduation in 1991 through ABC News hiring me in 2003. I did a weekly comic… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
