CNN’s Jim Acosta was slammed on social media for yelling at President Trump during a family event at the White House. It’s one of many times (see below) that Acosta has screamed at President Trump during a public event. Twitter lit up like a Christmas tree with calls for Acosta’s suspension from the White House Press Corp.
President Trump was coloring with his family when Acosta yelled out a question about DACA:
Here’s Jim Acosta yelling at Trump about DACA while the president colors with Barron, Melania & children gathered at the White House pic.twitter.com/JCPsaREe8A
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 2, 2018
Acosta tried to defend himself with this tweet:
Just doing my job.. which is protected by the First Amendment of The Constitution. You might want to give it a read. https://t.co/lbUZmxGPJO
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 2, 2018
Benny Johnson came back with a gem of a tweet asking if Acosta could point out a time in all of Obama’s 8 years when a reporter yelled at him during an event like this:
Please show me the clip where you (or anyone at CNN) yelled a contentious policy question at Barack Obama while he was coloring with his family during the White House Easter egg roll.
Obama was President for 8 years.
Surely there must be a clip.
I’ll wait. https://t.co/5OK5DbT9do
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 3, 2018
GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE ZINGED ACOSTA WITH THIS TWEET:
Actually for once, CNN’s Acosta is correct. He CAN exercise his 1st amendment rights. And in doing so, proves that yelling questions @POTUS during children’s event is what we expect from the south end of a north-bound mule.
JAMES WOODS WEIGHED IN:
Wrong. One ancillary benefit of our precious freedom of the press is that those who abuse it usually reveal themselves as the #MediaWeasels they are. Jim Acosta is a #DemocratWhore. Let him keep barking.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TELLS ACOSTA TO “GET OUT”:
White House reporters were told there would be no questions during a photo op between President Trump and Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan in the Oval Office today. Of course, Jim Acosta refused to honor the wishes of White House and decided to yell questions at Trump. Trump told him to get ‘out’ of the Oval Office.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=YuRU3NN_ktE
ACOSTA TWEETS…A DIFFERENT ANGLE:
So it was you that he ordered out.
This is unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/C6qgx5fnot
— Ted Corcoran (RedTRaccoon) (@RedTRaccoon) January 16, 2018
Acosta proceeded to have a temper tantrum on twitter commenting on how he just couldn’t believe how he was treated: We’ve got news for Acosta. He has been continuously out of line for months and should have his press pass pulled.
What occurred reminded me of something I would see in a different country. Certainly not at the WH. Certainly not in the U.S. https://t.co/hV6vPRe0p2
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 16, 2018
When I tried to follow up on this in the Oval Office, Trump told me to get "out." We then went to the Roosevelt Room where WH aides obstructed us from asking questions. https://t.co/vuEIv1jvso
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 16, 2018