Earlier today CNN’s chief White House correspondent did what he does everyday and acted the fool during a press conference with President Trump. Today was different because A) Trump let Acosta have it for being a rude asshole and B) Acosta shoved a female White House staffer. The second thing actually got him banned from the White House until further notice which is funnier than the verbal smackdown the President gave him. Clearly this Acosta banning is going to trigger a liberal media meltdown, which may be more hilarious than everything else.
During a press conference with the President, Acosta went even crazier than usual, which prompted Trump to put him in his place. After being told repeatedly to sit down and shut up, a female staffer attempted to take a microphone away from Acosta and he pushed her while snatching the mic from her. This should have gotten Acosta fired from CNN, which obviously it didn’t, but it did earn him a ban from the White House.
Here’s Acosta’s latest “Dear Diary” entry:
I’ve just been denied entrance to the WH. Secret Service just informed me I cannot enter the WH grounds for my 8pm hit
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 8, 2018
Acosta can’t do his 8pm hit? Maybe the problem is, he did too much hitting the last time he was in the White house. In fact, here’s Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to explain:
President Trump believes in a free press and expects and welcomes tough questions of him and his Administration. We will, however, never tolerate a reporter placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a White House intern…
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) November 8, 2018
This conduct is absolutely unacceptable. It is also completely disrespectful to the reporter’s colleagues not to allow them an opportunity to ask a question. President Trump has given the press more access than any President in history.
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) November 8, 2018
Contrary to CNN’s assertions there is no greater demonstration of the President’s support for a free press than the event he held today. Only they would attack the President for not supporting a free press in the midst of him taking 68 questions from 35 different reporters…
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) November 8, 2018
…over the course of 1.5 hours including several from the reporter in question. The fact that CNN is proud of the way their employee behaved is not only disgusting, it‘s an example of their outrageous disregard for everyone, including young women, who work in this Administration
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) November 8, 2018
As a result of today’s incident, the White House is suspending the hard pass of the reporter involved until further notice.
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) November 8, 2018
A White House correspondent who isn’t allowed in the White House? Now Jim Acosta is truly the nothing human being we always knew he was.
CNN is standing by Acosta, because of course they are. In a statement, the network is challenging the well-documented fact that Acosta got physical with a White House staffer:
CNN said in a statement that Acosta has the network’s full support.
The revocation of his pass “was done in retaliation for his challenging questions at today’s press conference,” the statement said. “In an explanation, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders lied. She provided fraudulent accusations and cited an incident that never happened. This unprecedented decision is a threat to our democracy and the country deserves better. Jim Acosta has our full support.”
Like CNN wasn’t fake news enough, they are saying Acosta never did this thing captured on video and seen by millions of people:
Will CNN have the integrity to condemn Jim Acosta for this? pic.twitter.com/Kk47ScvPHp
— Doug (@Doug_Jaxson) November 7, 2018
Thankfully Acosta really did push this female staffer and our democracy is once again safe. CNN clearly stopped caring if people trusted them for the news a long time ago, but this latest load of crap shows they want to be laughed off the air and into full irrelevancy.
