White House Senior Policy Advisor Stephen Miller joined CNN’s Jake Tapper for an interview yesterday that ended with Tapper apologizing to his audience for wasting their time. The interview, where the two discussed Michael Wolff’s new anti-Trump “Fire and Fury” book, became heated almost instantly.
During the interview, Miller blasted CNN for their coverage of President Donald Trump, while Tapper grew visibly frustrated with Miller’s refusal to directly answer his questions. “I get it. There’s one viewer you care about right now and you’re being obsequious and you’re being a factotum in order to please him, okay? I think I wasted enough of my viewers’ time,” Tapper concluded with.
Overall it was a pretty pointless interview, lacking a single second of productive dialogue before devolving into partisan bickering.
Trump tweeted out in support of Miller, while Tapper rolled his eyes.
Jake Tapper of Fake News CNN just got destroyed in his interview with Stephen Miller of the Trump Administration. Watch the hatred and unfairness of this CNN flunky!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2018
🙄 Here’s the interview; judge for yourself: https://t.co/ABRsdNTltt https://t.co/fFmd8DU3XT
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 7, 2018
We now know that what made it on the air was only half of the dramatics – with Miller hanging around the studio even after the interview ended. According to the Daily Mail,
Miller reportedly had to be escorted by security from CNN’s studios in Washington, DC, after his trainwreck interview with Jake Tapper on Sunday. Tapper cut 32-year-old Miller’s interview short after he started attacking the network’s credibility, labeling them ‘fake news’.
Apparently after Miller was taken off air, he refused to leave the studios, a CNN source told CBS. ‘The segment was over and Mr. Miller was politely asked to leave the set multiple times. After refusing to leave, he was escorted out by security,’ the source said. CNN has not issued a statement confirming the report.
This is not a statement from CNN. We did not issue a statement.
— Matt Dornic (@mdornic) January 8, 2018
I searched Tapper’s Twitter timeline for anything confirming or denying the story, but he didn’t make reference to the alleged incident. CBS’s Arden Farhi did tweet out part of the transcript of the conversation that transpired between Miller and Tapper during the commercial break following Tapper shutting down the interview, however:
Here’s a transcript of at least part of the not-seen-on-TV conversation between Stephen Miller and @jaketapper during the commercial break that followed the @CNNSotu interview… pic.twitter.com/NhBFrEeesA
— Arden Farhi (@ArdenFarhi) January 8, 2018
What do you think? Was Jake Tapper justified in having security escort Miller out of the studio? Tell us your thoughts below!
