Tapper: Trump's 'Heinous Attacks' About Elaine Chao 'Just Racist' Posted on October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 by Leonard Braxton CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Monday on his show “The Lead” that former President Donald Trump’s “heinous attacks” against Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s wife, former Secretary Elaine Chao were “just racist.”