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Jake Tapper defended Kaitlan Collins after Donald Trump called her “stupid and nasty"

The anchor pushed back on Trump's comments about Collins, CNN and his controversial White House renovation in a bulleted list on X

Trump's remarks about Collins came in a Dec. 6 Truth Social rant that marked the latest of his attacks on female journalists

CNN’s Jake Tapper is standing up for Kaitlan Collins after President Donald Trump called her “stupid and nasty" and misspelled her name in a lengthy rant.

The CNN anchor, 56, came to his colleague and network’s defense on X on Saturday, Dec. 6, with a bulleted list of points countering parts of the rant, which Trump, 79, shared on Truth Social earlier that day .

Alongside a screenshot of Trump’s full message, Tapper first cor

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