CNN anchor Jake Tapper let his hidden fantasies slip about GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trum after telling former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley that the former president had participated in an “erection.”
As the two discussed the overturning of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to ban the former president from the ballot, Tapper referred to Trump’s “erection” instead of “insurrection” on Jan. 6 before correcting himself.
“[The Colorado Supreme Court] said that [Trump] participated in an erection,” Tapper said before noticing the embarrassing error.
“And I have to an insurrection—sorry insurrection. I have to say I got up at five this morning to do Kasie Hunt show and I’m exhausted.”
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Haley could be seen laughing at Tapper as some wondered if the y innocent verbal slip was intentional.
Tapper joined a growing list of pundits and political figures appearing to confuse the words “erection” with “insurrection,” including CNN correspondent John Berman, leftist Rep. Pramila Jayapal., Rep. Adam Schiff, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Last month, 4, Jayapal prompted lawmakers to laugh after getting her word confused during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 10, 2024,
“I think we’re all outraged about many things, but if we’re gonna talk about outrageous things that have happened or things that have never happened, let’s talk about the fact that President Trump incited an erection,” she said, as the room erupted in laughter.
Schumer slipped the same gaffe while addressing the Senate floor on Jan. 22:
“Make no mistake, there will be a trial, and when that trial ends, senators will have to decide if they believe Donald John Trump incited the erection – insurrection – against the United States.”
Adam Schiff did the same during an appearance on ‘The View’ in 2021:
“But let’s not use that as a smokescreen to somehow shield Donald Trump’s culpability for inviting Russia to help him in the election, which they did, for trying to coerce Ukraine into helping him in the next election, which he did, into inciting an erection…” he said.
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Tapper’s colleague Berman brought up the “erection” gaffe on CNN during an interview with Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn.
“So you are going to sit in and listen to the Senate impeachment trial of the former president of the United States, who has been impeached for inciting the erection,” he claimed, before noticing the slip.
“Er, inciting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.”
