On Tuesday’s edition of CBS’ “Late Show,” CNN anchor Jake Tapper stated that resident Trump and Joseph McCarthy are “very different historical figures, but there is something similar.” Host Stephen Colbert asked Tapper if he thinks the criticisms of Trump by outgoing Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), and Bob Corker (R-TN) constitute “an act of defiance, is this an act of surrender, in your opinion?” Tapper responded by saying he doesn’t think Flake or McCain (R-AZ) voted for Trump and they both made their opposition to Trump “fairly clear” during the election. Tapper added, “I don’t think it’s an act of surrender. I think that the Steve Bannons and Breitbarts of the world see that, and say that Trump broke Flake. Trump is breaking these people. And it is, in a good — in a way for them — in a way for Trump, it’s good that they’re leaving. But I think we’re in a different period right now.” He continued, “I’ve been reading a lot about the ’50s lately. And there was a period — you know, Joe McCarthy started in the late 40s, his crusade of indecency and smears and lies. And you know, President Trump and Joe
