Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

My mom is from Canada. Both my grandparents were from Canada.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

There's no bias when it comes to facts, and there's no bias when it comes to decency.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

The only politician in my family was my grandfather's grandfather, who was the mayor of Winnipeg from Jan. 1, 1917, until Jan. 5, 1917, because he lost the recount. So he was mayor of Winnipeg for four days.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

Whenever journalism students ask me what they should be doing, I say that if you're on social media, you should be following a ton of people that you don't necessarily agree with just to get their perspectives.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

Don't get me wrong: politicians have been lying for a long time, long before Donald Trump was born, but the degree of just nonstop rage, grievance, prevarication, I haven't seen, probably because we haven't had a direct line from a politician's id to the public before.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

They say history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

Normally, at a debate or a town hall, I would be quick to say to someone, 'That was rude,' or, 'We're going to try to keep it civil here,' or, 'Let's not have personal attacks.'

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

My dad's a hero in a lot of ways. He was a 1960s and 1970s hippie and a member of the protest crowd.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

Mean is easy. Mean is lazy. Mean is self-satisfied and slothful.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

CNN is in the business of sussing out what is true and what is false.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

Equating brutality and despotism with leadership is not an American value.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

I have very vivid memories of my parents talking about Nixon, my mom watching Watergate on the black-and-white set in the living room. The mayor at the time in Philadelphia was a guy named Frank Rizzo - a Democrat, a real bully, a racist.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

If the Trump White House and their allies in the media want to have this conversation about decency, I welcome them to the table to talk about it. But there's a bunch of stuff that they need to get caught up on before we get to a comedian at the White House dinner.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

I have a wife and a son and daughter. What do I need to do to make their lives better, happier? What can I do in terms of my time or my attention given that I am very busy at work? That's a personal rule of thumb I live by from the moment I get up to the moment I go to bed.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

You know what takes effort? Being kind, being patient, being respectful, telling someone how you feel politely instead of just avoiding them for six weeks.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

My job is to not take for granted when somebody says, 'Oh, this is all just a made-up, phony scandal,' or, 'What this person did put the U.S. government at risk.'

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

The Patriots cheat. This is just a fact as established by investigations. They're a cheating team.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

Washington, as we know it, is essentially run by men and women who are not elected or even appointed to their posts, staff members unaccountable to traditional constituencies. They rise according to the needs and whims of their own special constituency of elites.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

I've conditioned myself to believe that almonds are a completely delicious snack, and that they don't taste like paper or get stuck in the back of my mouth.

Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper

I still think of myself as a Philadelphian. I still root for the Philadelphia teams. Other than my house, I still feel most at home in terms of cities when I'm in Philly.