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Tapper, Stefanik spar over Trump’s ‘whole civilization will die’ message to Iran

Tapper accused Stefanik of excusing Trump’s Iran rhetoric, while she said he was targeting the Iranian regime and helped bring officials to the table.

  • Tapper characterized Trump's rhetoric as a 'call for genocide,' while Stefanik argued the President was focusing on the Iranian regime, claiming his 'very strong' language brought officials to the negotiating table and secured a two-week ceasefire.
  • Stefanik challenged Tapper's consistency, questioning why he condemns a 20-year-old student chanting 'From the river to the sea' but disputes the President's diplomatic rhetoric regarding Iran's regime.
  • Following the segment, Stefanik posted on X that Tapper 'got demolished,' thanking him for boosting sales of her book Poisoned Ivies; the State of the Union account responded, 'We beg to differ.'
  • Stefanik expanded the discussion to criticize ideological shifts at elite universities, citing an 88-to-one liberal-to-conservative faculty ratio at Harvard and proposing a 15% cap on foreign students.
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