Jake Tapper Abdul El-Sayed CNN State of the Union 8-9-26Who pulled Jake Tapper's teeth? Three weeks ago on State of The Union, Tapper asked extremist Democrat Abdul el-Sayed why he told aides he didn't want to upset his supporters by commenting on the death of Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran. Tapper lobbed an easy one to El-Sayed right out of the box:“So the Trump administration, as you know, is trying to paint a rosy picture of the economy. And Jake Tapper let him get away with it. The softest of softballs, served up by a supine Tapper, in a disgraceful display of journalistic malpractice.