Naomi Biden strongly criticizes CNN’s Jake Tapper, calling his new book a “silly” political cash grab with misleading motives exposed.
Naomi Biden, granddaughter of President Joe Biden, has publicly condemned CNN anchor Jake Tapper’s upcoming book, Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.
The book, co-written with Alex Thompson, claims to reveal a hidden campaign to conceal the president’s cognitive decline during his reelection bid.
Naomi, with firsthand Biden family experience, called the book a political profit attempt shifting blame through speculation.
Biden’s granddaughter calls Jake Tapper’s book ‘political fairy smut’
Naomi criticized the authors as outsiders profiting from political drama without truly understanding the president’s family struggles.
She accused Tapper and Thompson of irresponsibility, suggesting the book was a quick money-making scheme rather than an honest account.
Naomi said the book’s narratives distract from real issues and shift blame from those truly responsible.
‘Just read a copy of this silly book, and if anyone is curious for a review from someone who lived it first-hand: this book is political fairy smut for the permanent, professional chattering class,’ she said in a post to social media.
Defending her grandfather amid cancer diagnosis
Naomi also took the opportunity to defend her grandfather as he announced his diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer.
She portrayed President Biden as a man of integrity and honesty, qualities she felt the book’s authors could never comprehend.
Naomi expressed hope that history would eventually highlight the president’s true character and leadership beyond Tapper’s negative portrayal.
‘All of this at the expense of a man so completely good and honest that it is impossible for these people to ever understand the why or how of it all.
There are real stories to be told and one day they will be. I suspect history will reward the truth.’
Backlash against Tapper for alleged media ‘cover-up’
Jake Tapper has faced significant criticism following the announcement of his book.
Many commentators on social media accused both him and CNN of being complicit in the very “cover-up” the book aims to expose.
Critics argued that Tapper’s previous coverage often downplayed concerns about Biden’s health, making his book seem contradictory or even hypocritical.
Some readers suggested that the book was an attempt to shift blame away from media outlets that had failed to report accurately on the president’s condition.
Book promises to reveal ‘narcissistic’ reelection decision
According to press materials, the book portrays Biden, his family, and senior advisers as overly confident in his ability to defeat Donald Trump.
It claims they deceived themselves and the public about his health.
The authors claim this led to a reckless decision to run again despite evident cognitive challenges.
The publisher frames this as part of a wider pattern of public deception unprecedented in recent political history.
‘What you will learn makes President Biden’s decision to run for reelection seem shockingly narcissistic, self-delusional, and reckless – a desperate bet that went bust,’ Penguin stated while announcing the book.’
In statements about the book, Tapper referenced Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s advice to write the book you wish existed.
He explained that after conducting more than 200 interviews, he and Thompson gained deeper insight into Biden’s presidency and health struggles.
Tapper positioned the book as an essential account of a turbulent political era, offering readers an inside look at events that have shaped the nation.
Controversy over debate moderation and Biden’s performance
Tapper’s role as a moderator in the 2020 presidential debate between Biden and Trump drew scrutiny, especially after moments where Biden appeared confused or struggled with his speech.
Critics claimed Tapper intervened too leniently during several instances, such as when Biden faltered during complex policy discussions.
These exchanges became widely circulated examples cited by those concerned about the president’s cognitive abilities.
‘We’d be able to wipe out his debt,’ Biden said at the time of sums incurred by Trump-era tax cuts he said ‘benefited the very wealthy.’
‘We’d be able to help make sure all those things we need to do: child care, elder care, making sure that we continue to strengthen our health care system,’ he continued, stumbling at times over his words.
‘Making sure that we’re able to make every single solitary person eligible for what I’ve been able to do with the… with the COVID, excuse me, with um, dealing with everything we have to with, uh,’ he went on, languishing at this point.
‘Look, if we finally beat Medicare…’
Tapper challenges Trump’s criticism of Biden’s stutter
Tapper also criticized Lara Trump during an interview for mocking President Biden’s speech, defending his history of overcoming a stutter.
‘I’m like “Joe, can ya get it out, let’s get the words out, Joe,” You kinda feel bad for him,’ she said – leading Tapper to chide her and point out previous reporting surrounding Biden overcoming a stutter over the years.
‘How do you think it makes little kids with stutters feel when they see you make a comment like that?’ he asked Trump sternly. ‘I think you have absolutely no standing to diagnose somebody’s cognitive decline’.