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Jake Tapper On CNN’s Strained Relationship With Trump: “I Don’t Think Anybody Cares”

In an interview with “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert Wednesday, CNN’s Jake Tapper was asked about his network’s strained relationship with the White House.

Colbert: “What’s it like in the halls over there knowing that the president actively doesn’t like your network? How do people feel over there?”

Tapper: “I don’t think anybody cares. I’m not comparing the two, because they’re quite different, but I don’t think President Obama was a particular fan of mine. The job is to not be liked. My job is to tell the truth, deliver the facts and hold people accountable.”

And the crowd goes wild…

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Jake Tapper To Marco Rubio: “You’re The Candidate Of Yesterday” On Marriage Equality

Speaking to newly announced GOP candidate for 2016 presidential nomination, Sen. Marco Rubio attempts to parse his position on same-sex marriage with young Republican voters:

“You are casting yourself as a candidate of a new generation, but there is an issue where you are very out of step with younger voters,” Tapper said, citing a Pew poll that showed 61% of young Republicans are in favor of same-sex marriage.

“On that issue, same-sex marriage, Senator, you’re the candidate of yesterday,” Tapper declared.

Rubio began by offering up the same defense that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has been known to use, saying that gay marriage is a “state issue” that he would not have to address as president.

Also, he added, “I think there’s still a significant number of Americans that believe that the definition of marriage should be that of one man and one woman, as it has been for thousands of years.”

“But they’re a minority,” Tapper pointed out.

Boom!