Watters on ‘Rivalry’ with Jake Tapper: If We’re Having a Beer, He’s Buying

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Reporter: “Hey, one last question. Do you feel a rivalry with Jake Tapper, being, like, number one dogs at the networks.”
WATTERS: “We don’t compete with CNN.
Reporter: “You don’t?”
WATTERS: “Yeah. Look at the ratings.”
Reporter: “I thought you guys would be friends. Like, if you guys sat down for a beer and politics was off the table, I feel like you guys might chop it up.”
WATTERS: “Well, we are both from Philly. And if we are having a beer, he’s buying.”
Reporter: “Very good. All right, thank you so much.”
WATTERS: “Thank you.”
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WATTERS: “You know, they asked me about the pope, Billy. What was that?”
BUSH: “That’s called the L.A. welcome. That guy is the Aussie from TMZ and he’s there perennially — he’s always waiting. I’ve had many a discussion with this guy. I see him — I used to be like, ‘Oh, it’s so stressful.’ Now I stop, I interrogate him, I turn it around. You consider it a beautiful — a nice welcome to Los Angeles, Watters, that you got that treatment.”
WATTERS: “I mean, usually I get much rougher treatment in L.A., so this was easy. We ended up talking about Tapper. So, he’s been running around. The book is number one, his ratings are in the toilet. What do you think is going on here?”
BUSH: “Look, you know, I think Tapper wrote a pretty good book. I thought he made some good appearances. Look, we are all human. Is everybody at Fox News doing everything they can to question the president on lots of things? I don’t know, probably not. Did Tapper do a sterling job holding Biden to account or at least his team to account, since there was no access to Biden? Probably not. But his biggest faux pas was with Lara Trump, we saw that. That did not end up well for him. It looked like he was personally bothered by it. But altogether, I think the reporting is good, the book is a fast read. You know, if someone had to write it, I give tapper — I don’t give him so much heat for that.”
WATTERS: “All right. Well, I think I’m pretty tough on Trump, but I just think he’s not — “
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BUSH: “By the way, I want to know, you are Philly guys. I want to know about that beer between you and Tapper. I think you would sit down with Tapper, Watters. You look like a guy that would have a beer with anyone.”
WATTERS: “I will drink to anything with anybody. That’s never been in dispute.”
BUSH: “Next time you are in L.A.. Next time you’re in L.A..”