‘Roll the Tape’: Jake Tapper Brings Receipts After Trump Campaign Denies Ex-President Mocked Biden’s Stutter

CNN anchor Jake Tapper found it very easy to produce the receipts on Thursday’s episode of The Lead, fact-checking a false claim by the Trump campaign that the former president hadn’t mocked President Joe Biden’s stutter.

Tapper brought up a Washington Post article that discussed how Biden “embraces his stutter,” while former President Donald Trump “mocks it, exaggerates it, belittles it,” and noted that the article quoted Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller, who “quite remarkably responded” with this quote:

President Trump has never mocked Joe Biden’s speech impediment. He’s simply called out the fact Biden is a cognitively impaired, low-IQ individual.

“So just a little fact check here,” said Tapper. “Jason Miller saying that Trump has never mocked Joe Biden’s speech impediment – let’s roll the tape from January.”

After the clip – in which Trump did in fact expressly attack Biden for “stuttering through the whole thing” – Tapper commented, “Why even deny it when it’s so – I mean, it just doesn’t matter anymore, you can lie about anything?”

“Yeah, it’s stupid,” said Republican strategist Alice Stewart. “News flash: whenever you say something in front of cameras, people can use that video against you if you try to deny saying something.”

She added, “We all know President Biden is old, but going after things like his stuttering and how he walks – that’s not what the American people care about,” so what would be “best for Trump and the Republicans” is to “go after Biden on policies and not these personal issues.”

Democratic strategist Paul Begala countered that “this is what Trump does,” mentioning how he had mocked a disabled reporter and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for the injuries he sustained while being tortured as a POW during the Vietnam War.

Watch the clip above via CNN.