Speakeasy: Tapper taps into Lee scandal

Published February 10, 2011 5:00am ET



“Too soon!”

– the shouted response by audience members at Wednesday night’s Washington Press Club Foundation dinner when emcee Jake Tapper of ABC News started making jokes about the freshly-resigned Rep. Chris Lee, R-N.Y., according to Roll Call’s Heard on the Hill. Other Members of Congress were spotted laughing at the expense of their former colleague, Roll Call reported.