Fireworks on CNN: Jake Tapper Torches Keith Ellison Over Louis Farrakhan Ties

Curtis Houck | June 26, 2018
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CNN’s The Lead spent almost six minutes on Tuesday discussing the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Trump’s travel ban with Minnesota Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison, but host Jake Tapper turned the tables on Ellison by grilling him for the remaining five minutes on his ties to anti-gay, anti-Semitic, and sexist Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. 

This tense exchange marked the latest example of how strong Tapper has been on this issue, often doing the work that his colleagues in broadcast and cable news failed to do on Farrakhan’s ugly rhetoric.