Kari Lake, a senior advisor to the United States Agency for Global Media, has said she confronted CNN anchor Jake Tapper during the evacuation of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD) on Saturday night, blaming him and the media for spreading lies about President Donald Trump.
Speaking on Newsmax hours after the incident, Lake claimed she walked out next to Tapper and told him: 'How dare you? You have caused so much division in this country pushing lies. We’re not going to call it gaslighting anymore — you’ve lied to the people. How dare you do that?'
In a post on X, Lake wrote: 'These reporters have spent a decade spreading absolute lies about President Trump. They share some of the blame for what happened tonight. As a mother, I’m exhausted by it. I couldn’t stay silent and walk out pretending someone like Jake Tapper is one of the good guys.' Tapper did not respond to a request for comment.
The evacuation was prompted by a shooting in which a Secret Service agent sustained noncritical injuries. The suspected shooter, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, from Torrance, California, is in custody and due to be arraigned on Monday.
Lake also criticised security at the event, saying on X that nobody inspected her ticket or asked for photo identification. She added: 'When you consider you are entering a roomful of fake news media —90% of whom hate the President you would think they would have better security.'
