‘Really Don’t Care’: Sebastian Gorka Halts Tapper For Citing ‘Fake News’ WaPo On Frozen Foreign Aid Concerns

Director for Counter Terrorism at the National Security Council Sebastian Gorka halted CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday after the host attempted to cite The Washington Post’s report on alleged concerns about U.S. foreign assistance cuts.

The Post reported on Feb. 14 that due to the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance, concerns in West Africa and the Middle East have arisen over potential national security threats, citing four unnamed current and former U.S. officials. On “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” the CNN host cited the report to Gorka but was quickly stopped after the Trump adviser questioned the outlet’s previous reporting.

“So last month, the Washington Post reported that the freeze on U.S. foreign assistance in Africa has, ‘threatened programs intended to counter al-Shabaab bomb makers, contain the spread of al-Qaeda across West Africa, and secure Islamic State prisoners in the Middle East, according to U.S. officials and aid workers,’” Tapper said. “Are those cuts still in place? Are you concerned about them at all?”

“Is that the same Washington Post that propagated the Russia-Russia collusion hoax for the last eight years?” Gorka asked.

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