Yesterday Trump's press conference in WH, which stretched close to 90 minutes, quickly turned raucous when some reporters pushed him on whether his campaign rhetoric on migrants from Central America was divisive - and on developments in a federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and any coordination between Moscow and the Trump campaign. According to Reuters Trump aggressively pushed back.
CNN should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them,Trump told CNN correspondent Jim Acosta, who wrestled with a White House staffer who forcibly pulled the microphone from his hands. A White House staff member steps in to try to take the microphone away from CNN's Jim Acosta as he questions U.S. President Donald Trump during a news conference following Tuesday's midterm U.S. congressional elections at the White House.
You are a rude, terrible person,Trump told Acosta.
and then:
@Acosta ✔
Jim Acosta:
I’ve just been denied entrance to the White House. Secret Service just informed me I cannot enter the WH grounds for my 8pm hit.Acosta spoke about the exchange with CNN anchors Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper more than an hour later.
Jake Tapper said
President Trump did something that I’ve never seen an American president do, which is go went on a personal rant against you for the questions you were attempting to ask.Blitzer then read the supercilious CNN statement trying to reiterate their role as the opposition. Here’s the statement that Blitzer and Tapper both boasted of as being a `strong statement´ from their employer:
This President’s ongoing attacks on the press have gone too far. They are not only dangerous, they are disturbingly un-American. While President Trump has made it clear he does not respect a free press, he has a sworn obligation to protect it. A free press is vital to democracy, and we stand behind Jim Acosta and his fellow journalists everywhere.Jim Acosta, Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper you are the defenders of humanity.
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