Jake Tapper found his fact checking chops this morning and used them against an R!

[senseandsensibility]

Mark Wayne (or whatever his name is, bless his heart) Mullin (R) was on CNN this morning and it went something like this:
Mullin: There was a sweetheart plea deal that was struck in 2009 under Obama.
Tapper: No. It was 2008. The US attorney was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee. He went on to become Trump's secretary of labor.
Mullin: Who was in office at the time?
Tapper: Bush.
Mullin: No. Obama was in office.
Tapper:Not true.

So.... credit where credit is due. Now get going on trump's obvious and dangerous
mental decline, Jake, and you MAY salvage some of your reputation.

[johnnyfins]

1. Nice

Mullin is a professional asshole.

[nuxvomica]

6. His parents couldn't even agree on a first name for him

So it's no surprise he has longstanding issues.

[senseandsensibility]

12. Duzy!

[stage left]

17. Like most Republicans.

[dem4decades]

2. How sad is it that we have to praise a reporter for doing his job?

I'm sure Tapper has friends that are Democrats, it must have been a long time since he could look then in the eye.

[senseandsensibility]

3. Yes, it is sad.

I am kind of praising him, but it is tongue in cheek. He has a long way to go in my book to redeem himself as a reporter.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Acosta signed the deal in September 2007.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. The shit these idiot right-wingers try to pull.

No wonder they hate fact checking.

[LisaM]

7. I remember watching Ann Coulter on Peter Mansbridge's (CBC) show once.

She thought Canada should be in the Gulf War and kept insisting that they'd fought in Vietnam. Mansbridge corrected her over and over. It was maddening. Did she blank out that people went to Canada to avoid the draft?

[Baitball Blogger]

8. I remember when Bush went into Iraq under the guise of a unilateral decision.

One of the local mamby pamby ball lickers supported Bush, because that was the thing to do back then. But, a year later he was crying, asking why it was so hard to get other countries to join in and help them. My comment: You do know what the definition of unilateral is, don't you?

[SocialDemocrat61]

9. Must have been ill

Sure he’ll recover and be back to his Democratic Party bashing self soon enough.

[FakeNoose]

10. Jake knows that Chump is out of the country this weekend

... so he doesn't have to worry about his "audience of 1."

[Passages]

11. It's about time.

[PatSeg]

13. Nope, too late for him salvage his reputation

I will never trust him again.

[calimary]

14. Well well well... FINALLY speaking truth to power, 'eh?

And standing firmly with the point you were making. Public validation is never a bad idea. That’s where backbones are born!

[damifino10]

15. No Balls, No blue chips.

You get a blue chip on this one Jake. Keep it up. I have never figured out why MSM asks the questions and when the replys are lies, no forcing the truth from the liar, just on to the next question. Call the SOB's out. (balls/blue chips) simple equation. Use your clock wisely.

[popsdenver]

16. Long time Republican MANTRA

If you can't DAZZLE them with BRILLIANCE, .......... BAFFLE them with BULLSHIT................

[flying_wahini]

18. They damn well know it's a lie. They don't even care. The lie is what sticks.

It’s what will be on Fox News a thousand times. Rinse and repeat.

[hatrack]

19. "I left my car at the mechanic's shop, and he fixed it!! It only took two days and it ran again!!"

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. This guy is a real idiot