Jake Tapper Goes Viral For Candid Reaction To Kamala Harris’ Underwhelming Performance: “Holy Smokes”

CNN anchor Jake Tapper could not power his guidance aft seeing Kamala Harris‘ underwhelming capacity connected predetermination nighttime erstwhile John King compared nan vice president’s elector turnout to really President Biden fared successful nan 2020 election.

“You asked: Are location immoderate places that nan vice president is over-performing Joe Biden successful 2020?” King said arsenic he brought up nan information connected what has go known arsenic nan network’s Magic Wall. King, who serves arsenic nan network’s main nationalist correspondent, brought up nan state-wide data, which showed a acheronian map, indicating that Harris did not out-perform Biden successful immoderate azygous authorities successful nan 2024 statesmanlike election.

“Holy smokes,” Tapper reacted. “Literally nothing? Literally not 1 county?”

King past refocused nan representation connected counties, revealing that Harris had only out-performed Biden successful 58 counties by much than 3%.

“There mightiness beryllium much retired present successful nan West Coast,” King added. “It’s imaginable 1 aliases 2 much arsenic they decorativeness nan count here. But successful nan states that matter… successful 1 region successful battleground Pennsylvania, she’s outperforming President Biden by 3% aliases more.”

Hours earlier nan predetermination was officially called, Tapper insinuated that nan Harris run was bracing itself aft CNN anchor Abby Phillip told him nan run had gone power silent by 11 p.m. EST.

“This is my seventh statesmanlike election, I would observe that erstwhile campaigns spell silent it’s mostly not a affirmative sign,” he noted.

Around 3:30 a.m. EST, King collapsed protocol and predicted that Trump was going to triumph nan predetermination earlier nan web officially called it.

“I’m astir apt not expected to opportunity that connected television,” he added. “But he’s going to get there.”

The web projected Trump’s victory conscionable earlier 6 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 6) greeting aft he won nan authorities of Wisconsin, bringing him to nan 270 electoral votes needed to win.

Later successful nan broadcast, Tapper attempted to “reassure” viewers who were disillusioned by Trump’s triumph by noting that it apt stemmed from nan 3 topics that ruled this predetermination rhythm that he felt Harris’ run grounded to decently address.

“Whether group for illustration it aliases not, Donald Trump ran an issues-based campaign. Whether aliases not his two-hour stemwinder rally speeches covered each of it,” Tapper said.

He noted that Trump made a constituent of addressing nan system and inflation, migration and overseas argumentation during his campaign, topics that he said nan Biden management remained “in denial about.”

“I want to reassure [viewers] because I cognize that location are group retired location who are worried that this ballot for Donald Trump is simply a connection of dislike for them and I don’t deliberation that is what group should publication into nan predetermination results,” Tapper said.