CNN Anchor Jake Tapper Apologizes to Lara Trump Over Biden Comments

CNN anchor Jake Tapper has publicly apologized to Lara Trump for dismissing her concerns about President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline during a contentious 2020 interview. In that exchange, Tapper accused Trump of mocking Biden’s stutter, a claim she denied, asserting her comments referred to cognitive decline rather than his speech impediment. Tapper later acknowledged on The Megyn Kelly Show that he called Lara Trump months ago to apologize, admitting she was right and expressing "tremendous humility" about his earlier coverage. Tapper and his co-author Alex Thompson explore Biden’s mental acuity issues and the Democratic Party’s efforts to conceal them in their book "Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again." Despite his apology, critics note the delayed nature of Tapper’s mea culpa and his prior aggressive dismissal of Biden’s cognitive concerns. The incident highlights ongoing debates over Biden’s mental fitness and media coverage surrounding it.