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CNN’s Jake Tapper allows Speaker Johnson to lie about the One Big Beautiful Bill to Americans. [1]
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Date: 2025-05-30
Jake Tapper failed miserably interviewing Speaker Johnson. His pushback against the litany of lies and misrepresentation was anemic, bordering on journalistic dereliction.
Jake Tapper allows Speaker Johnson to lie.
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Summary
CNN’s Jake Tapper let House Speaker Mike Johnson promote Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” virtually unchallenged. Johnson touted $1.5 trillion in “historic” cuts and rosy growth projections. Yet, independent fiscal analysts say the plan would add up to $4 trillion to the deficit, rely on discredited “dynamic scoring,” and deepen inequity by slashing Medicaid, SNAP, and other safety-net programs.
Five take-aways
Deficit balloon, not shrink. The House budget instructions behind the bill permit $3.3 trillion in new borrowing—nearly $4 trillion with interest—despite Johnson’s repeated claims of savings.
The House budget instructions behind the bill permit $3.3 trillion in new borrowing—nearly $4 trillion with interest—despite Johnson’s repeated claims of savings. “Dynamic-scoring” sleight of hand. Economists warn that the growth assumptions Johnson cites are assumption-driven and historically inaccurate; there is “no evidence” that dynamic scoring makes forecasts more reliable.
Economists warn that the growth assumptions Johnson cites are assumption-driven and historically inaccurate; there is “no evidence” that dynamic scoring makes forecasts more reliable. Trump economy myth-making. Johnson invoked Trump’s “greatest economy” narrative, but official data show Trump left office with 2.7 million fewer jobs, whereas Obama created 11.6 million.
Johnson invoked Trump’s “greatest economy” narrative, but official data show Trump left office with 2.7 million fewer jobs, whereas Obama created 11.6 million. Negligible safety-net protection. Even Senate Republican Ron Johnson calls the bill’s $1.5 trillion cuts a “rounding error” that still increases deficits while gutting core programs.
Even Senate Republican Ron Johnson calls the bill’s $1.5 trillion cuts a “rounding error” that still increases deficits while gutting core programs. Media accountability gap. Tapper pressed on the CBO score but let multiple falsehoods slide—failing to flag cuts to Medicaid and SNAP or Johnson’s linkage to Project 2025, a far-right blueprint for austerity.
Progressives view the interview as another instance of corporate media normalizing austerity that shifts wealth upward. By platforming Johnson’s talking points with minimal pushback, CNN aided a bill that balloons debt, starves public services, and entrenches plutocratic tax giveaways.
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