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CNN’s Jake Tapper Pleads for Public to ‘Stop Being Awful’ to Tim Walz
Jake Tapper condemned harassment at Governor Walz's home linked to President Trump's month-old Truth Social insults, urging an end to hateful behavior amplified online and offline.
- On December 27, 2025, Jake Tapper, CNN anchor, urged people to `stop being awful` after retweeting a video showing supporters yelling the R-word outside Governor Tim Walz's Minnesota home.
- After a Truth Social post, supporters harassed Tim Walz, Minnesota governor, with Walz urging Trump to release his MRI results amid threats, according to reports.
- Family members described the harassment, noting Hope Walz said the president's words unleashed a `f***ing s***storm` targeting her and her brother Gus Walz, who has a nonverbal learning disorder.
- Governor Tim Walz responded by urging President Donald Trump to release his MRI results and warned reporters that people were driving by his house using the R-word, while officials cautioned, `They start with taunts; they turn to violence.`
- Amid widening partisan conflict, critics said supporters who have harassed the governor in person escalated attacks, with one comment that `all of his freakin' cult members come and attack those people`, highlighting partisan amplification.
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‘Stop Being Awful’ Jake Tapper Slams Hooligans Yelling ‘Retard’ at Tim Walz’s House
CNN’s Jake Tapper on Saturday admonished the “awful” people who continue to shout slurs at Tim Walz’s (D-MN) house in a parroting of President Donald Trump’s month-old Truth Social insult aimed at Minnesota’s governor. In his Thanksgiving message to the American people on Truth Social, Trump called Walz “seriously retarded” for welcoming Somalian immigrants to his state. When asked about the offensive slur, Trump stood by his choice of words, te…
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