114 Quotes by Jake Tapper

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    There's a long tradition in this country of questioning generals.

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    I've always been a ravenous consumer of opinion. When I was in my high school library and my college library, I would read 'National Review' and I would read 'The Nation' and I would read 'The American Spectator' and I would read 'Mother Jones.'

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    You know who has done a lot of questioning of generals? President Trump.

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    I have very vivid memories of my parents talking about Nixon, my mom watching Watergate on the black-and-white set in the living room. The mayor at the time in Philadelphia was a guy named Frank Rizzo - a Democrat, a real bully, a racist.

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    As soon as I wake up, I read my email to see what news developed overnight.

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    I don't want to compare President Obama and President Trump on these issues, because they're different, and the scale isn't even remotely the same. But President Obama said things that weren't true and got away with it more for a variety of reasons, and one is the media was much more supportive of him.

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    Equating brutality and despotism with leadership is not an American value.

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    My kids are good artists, and they do a pretty good version of Dad in their caricatures.

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    I choose to make it my job to not automatically believe what the U.S. government says.

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