{"id":29845,"date":"2020-09-29T14:58:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=29845"},"modified":"2020-09-29T14:58:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:58:16","slug":"this-is-exactly-how-the-mainstream-media-colludes-with-democrats-to-rig-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=29845","title":{"rendered":"This is exactly how the mainstream media colludes with Democrats to rig elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jill Biden shuts down Jake Tapper&#8217;s question about husband&#8217;s &#8216;occasional gaffe&#8217;<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->BY REBECCA KLAR<br \/>\nThe Hill<\/p>\n<p>Democratic presidential nominee\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/joe-biden\" data-nid=\"188332\">Joe Biden<\/a><\/span>\u2019s wife,\u00a0<a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/person\/jill-biden\">Jill Biden<\/a>, shut down a question Sunday from CNN\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/jacob-jake-tapper\" data-nid=\"440526\">Jake Tapper<\/a><\/span>\u00a0about any \u201cgaffe\u201d her husband may make.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, you can&#8217;t even go there,\u201d Jill Biden told the \u201cState of the Union\u201d host when he led into a question by noting that the former vice president \u201chas been known to make the occasional gaffe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Donald Trump, you cannot even say the word gaffe,\u201d\u00a0she\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"dfp-ad-incontent_desk_1-wrapper\" class=\"dfp-tag-wrapper wrapper\">\n<div id=\"dfp-ad-incontent_desk_1\" class=\"dfp-tag-wrapper\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI can&#8217;t even say the word gaffe?\u201d Tapper asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNope. Done. It&#8217;s gone,\u201d she responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver, so over,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1310276792016658434&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fcampaign%2F518503-jill-biden-shuts-down-jake-tappers-question-about-husbands-occasional-gaffe&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=219d021%3A1598982042171&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1310276792016658434\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/donald-trump\" data-nid=\"261287\">President Trump<\/a><\/span>\u00a0has sought to make Joe Biden\u2019s age and mental acuity an issue in the campaign, suggesting the Democrat has dementia and\u00a0accusing\u00a0him of having used drugs to improve his public performance. Trump renewed his call on Sunday for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/518476-trump-renews-call-for-pre-debate-drug-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drug tests before Tuesday\u2019s debate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jill Biden told Tapper her husband is ready to\u00a0face Trump on Tuesday in the first general election presidential debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, my gosh, yes, he&#8217;s ready,\u201d\u00a0she said on CNN. \u201cYou know, one of the things I am excited for is when the American people see Joe Biden up there on that stage, they&#8217;re going to see what a president looks like, someone who is, like I&#8217;m saying, calm, steady, strong, resilient. It&#8217;s like night and day between the two candidates. And so I can&#8217;t wait for the American people to see Joe, to see that statesman up there in front of the American public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jill Biden also commended the late Sen.\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/john-mccain\" data-nid=\"188278\">John McCain<\/a><\/span>\u2019s (R-Ariz.) wife, Cindy McCain, for endorsing Joe Biden for president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"incontent-plugin incontent-plugin-518503\">\n<div class=\"incontent_widgets es_recommended_content\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/518674-trump-biden-set-for-high-stakes-showdown?utm_source=thehill&amp;utm_medium=widgets&amp;utm_campaign=es_recommended_content\">Trump, Biden set for high-stakes showdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/latino\/518650-union-leader-vows-infrequent-minority-voters-will-help-deliver-biden-victory?utm_source=thehill&amp;utm_medium=widgets&amp;utm_campaign=es_recommended_content\">Union leader vows &#8216;infrequent&#8217; minority voters will help deliver&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think it took a lot of courage for her to come out and support Joe, being that she is a Republican,\u201d she said, adding that it used to be more typical for lawmakers across the aisle to get along on a more personal level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that&#8217;s the way, Jake, things used to be. I mean, Joe and John would argue about issues, and they would see things totally differently. But, at the end of the day, there we would be together having dinner or going on a trip together or whatever it was,\u201d Jill Biden said. \u201cI mean, there was true civility in government. And that&#8217;s what I think we should return to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cindy McCain last week\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/517710-cindy-mccain-endorses-biden-hes-only-candidate-who-stands-up-for-our-values\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">officially endorsed Joe Biden<\/a>, saying he is the \u201cone candidate in this race who stands up for our values as a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WwTFBt7pgd\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/518503-jill-biden-shuts-down-jake-tappers-question-about-husbands-occasional-gaffe\/\">Jill Biden shuts down Jake Tapper&#8217;s question about husband&#8217;s &#8216;occasional gaffe&#8217;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Jill Biden shuts down Jake Tapper&#8217;s question about husband&#8217;s &#8216;occasional gaffe&#8217;&#8221; &#8212; The Hill\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/518503-jill-biden-shuts-down-jake-tappers-question-about-husbands-occasional-gaffe\/embed\/#?secret=9obY8JWvTJ#?secret=WwTFBt7pgd\" data-secret=\"WwTFBt7pgd\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jill Biden shuts down Jake Tapper&#8217;s question about husband&#8217;s &#8216;occasional gaffe&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}