CNN’s Brianna Keilar on Monday prompt the GOP presidential candidate discipline is sort of a crowded jacuzzi and colleague Jake Tapper wasn’t there for it.
Keilar’s description got here because the pair mentioned the rising variety of Republicans searching for to tackle present GOP front-runner Donald Trump.
“Come on in, the water’s high quality,” Tapper joked concerning the burgeoning checklist. He requested Keilar was feeling the “Burgumentum,” a nod to North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum’s (R) reported imminent marketing campaign launch.
“I really feel plenty of ‘mentum,’” Keilar responded in a video posted on-line by Mediaite. “There may very well be some Pencementum. There may very well be some Burgumentum.”
“Once you speak about this crowded discipline, it sort of jogs my memory of like a crowded jacuzzi,” she then riffed.
“Good. Is that the way you consider it?” requested Tapper.
“Just a little bit,” Keilar replied. “At a sure level, aren’t there simply too many individuals within the jacuzzi?”
“It’s a superb query. It’s definitely a priority amongst individuals who need Donald Trump to not be the nominee,” mentioned Tapper. “They might somewhat that there not be so many candidates. They’re nervous about what occurred final time.”
After speaking about anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s longshot difficult of President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination, Tapper returned to Keilar’s description.
“I can’t get the picture of the jacuzzi out of my head and I don’t thanks for that,” he mentioned.
“Yeah, that was on function,” Keilar cracked in response.