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Coverage dated November 14, 2024

Jake Tapper Tells CNN Viewers ‘I Hope You Like Measles’ While Reporting on Trump Picking RFK Jr. for Health Secretary

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CNN host Jake Tapper joked, "Well America, I hope you like measles," while reporting on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading Trump's department of health.

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  1. Variety

    Jake Tapper Tells CNN Viewers ‘I Hope You Like Measles’ While Reporting on Trump Picking RFK Jr. for Health Secretary (opens Variety)

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    CNN host Jake Tapper joked, "Well America, I hope you like measles," while reporting on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading Trump's department of health.

  2. Deadline

    “Well, America, I Hope You Like Measles”: Jake Tapper Reacts To Donald Trump’s Pick Of RFK Jr. To Lead Health And Human Services (opens Deadline)

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    As news broke Donald Trump was nominating Robert Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, CNN's Jake Tapper gave blunt assessment.

  3. Breitbart News

    CNN's Tapper on Trump Picking RFK Jr. to Lead HHS: 'Well, America I Hope You Like Measles' (opens Breitbart News)

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    CNN host Jake Tapper quipped Thursday on "The Lead" that he hoped America liked measles in reaction to President-elect Donald Trump's picking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. | Clips

  4. Salon

    "I hope you like measles": Medical doctors in "horror" over RFK Jr. pick (opens Salon)

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    Kennedy has already been linked to a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa after he pushed anti-vax falsehoods.

  5. New York Post

    ‘Hope you like measles’: Jake Tapper warns viewers after Trump picks RFK Jr. as health secretary (opens New York Post)

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    Robert Kennedy Jr. has been vocal about his belief in the lack of effectiveness vaccines, especially the COVID jab.