Jake Tapper Blasts Fox’s ‘Blatant Lie’ After Democrat Was Assaulted

Calling out Fox News on Tuesday for falsely smearing Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) after she was violently attacked, CNN anchor Jake Tapper accused the conservative cable giant of peddling a “blatant lie” that inspired deranged viewers to bombard the congresswoman with abusive calls.

After Craig was assaulted in the elevator of her D.C. apartment building earlier this month by a violent repeat offender, the Minnesota lawmaker called for a crackdown on crime and recidivism. Fox News then followed up by framing the representative as a hypocrite because of her supposed ties to the so-called “Defund the Police” movement, noting a former staffer’s support for the racial justice protests after George Floyd’s 2020 murder.

After the network’s most-watched show The Five ran a segment last week criticizing Craig for her supposedly anti-police stance, the congresswoman’s office released excerpts of profane phone messages she’d received saying she “deserved” her attack. Some of the calls specifically referenced The Five’s coverage of Craig.

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