On Friday's edition of CNN's "The Lead," anchor Jake Tapper tore into Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers for his incoherent, defiant speech attacking critics of his refusal to get vaccinated in discussion with USA TODAY sports columnist Christine Brennan.
"Rodgers is now admitting he has not been vaccinated against coronavirus after contracting the virus earlier this week," said Tapper. "But instead of admitting he had misled the public to believe he'd been vaccinated, Rodgers is blaming the 'woke mob' for how he's being treated. Perhaps creating a new definition for the term 'cheesehead.'"
Tapper then turned to Brennan and asked for her reaction.
"What do you make of Rodgers' reaction to all of this?" he asked her. "He was the one who led everyone to believe he had been vaccinated and now he says he's being targeted by a 'woke mob,' which I'm not sure he even knows what 'woke' means if that's what he's talking about."
"Exactly, Jake," said Brennan. "This is a huge unforced error by a man who has transcended football and wants to have a career, whether it's hosting 'Jeopardy' or other parts of our culture. What a shock. What a surprise. This is the guy we thought was so smart and well-read, and turns out that he doesn't even have the courage or guts to say he wasn't vaccinated, probably because he was fearful of that 'woke mob,' and now, given a chance to explain away his errors, he didn't do it."
"He didn't wear a mask day after day when he'd meet with the media at the Packers facility, or after games like he was supposed to because he was not vaccinated, but was trying to have the charade he was vaccinated apparently," continued Brennan. "Maybe go home to a husband or wife and they might have immune issues. So my goodness, what a horrible mistake by him. I think we're seeing a very different side of Aaron Rodgers, and seeing a side of Aaron Rodgers that people are really, really disgusted by."
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