Right wing conspiracists go wild over clip showing CNN helping Biden with ‘cheat sheets’ in interview
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Right-wing conspiracists shared a clip showing CNN anchor Jake Tapper helping President Joe Biden pick up his notes during an interview, prompting claims that Mr Biden is protected by the mainstream media. Steve Guest, an adviser for Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz, tweeted a clip showing Mr Biden dropping his “cheat sheet” during an interview with Jake Tapper of CNN, who helped pick it up. “So far this week the GOP’s biggest ‘gotchas’ against President Biden is that he is a caring, compassionate man that loves his son and that he comes prepared to interviews,” a third Twitter user pushed back. John Ladarola of The Young Turks added that “Jr here knows his dad used sheets of paper covered with sharpie scribbles to help guide him through difficult concepts like ‘express empathy to mass shooting survivors’ but he’s such a shameless hack he has to pretend Joe Biden invented note cards”.