story: Story Continued Below Tapper, in an interview with POLITICO, defended the unusually aggressive posture of TV anchors by saying he doesn't think it should be controversial to say using your political office to push foreign nations to dig up dirt on your political opponents is empirically wrong, as he implored Republicans to say on his show, according to MSNBC. Story Continued Below This is a precedent that will destroy the concept of free and fair elections, Tapper said on Monday. Scott Olson/Getty Images By MICHAEL CALDERONE10/07/2019 03 52 PM EDT Facebook Twitter Link Link Copied More Mail Reddit Whats App News anchors are increasingly focusing not on who's on their shows, but who's not Republican lawmakers answering questions about President Donald Trump's efforts to cajole foreign governments into digging up dirt on his political opponents.CNN host Jake Tapper proclaimed on Sunday that no Republican Senate or House leaders would appear on his show State of the Union to defend Trump; over on NBC, Chuck Todd expressed exasperation at one GOP senator who did agree to appear, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, for refusing to say whether Trump's actions were wrong. It's not really picking any sort of bold moral stance to say that you can't have that. If impeachment is largely fought in the court of public opinion, Republicans lawmakers are barely mounting a defense on television. I don't know why so few people are willing to say it.
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