Posted on 07/31/2018 9:49:51 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta expressed concern on Tuesday with the way President Trump's supporters heckle members of the press, warning that the president's rhetoric could "result in somebody getting hurt."
Acosta posted a video from Trump's rally in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday showing supporters shouting down members of the press. At one point, one man in the crowd looks into the camera and yells, "stop lying."
"Just a sample of the sad scene we faced at the Trump rally in Tampa," Acosta tweeted. "I’m very worried that the hostility whipped up by Trump and some in conservative media will result in somebody getting hurt. We should not treat our fellow Americans this way. The press is not the enemy."
Trump has made his ongoing feud with media outlets that cover his administration critically a centerpiece of his brand of politics, often referring to coverage he deems unfavorable to him as "fake news."
He has also repeatedly called reporters the "enemy of the people." That particular accusation was the subject of a meeting earlier this month between Trump and A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times.
Trump revealed the existence of the off-the-record meeting in a tweet on Sunday, writing that the two "spent much time talking about the vast amounts of Fake News being put out by the media & how that Fake News has morphed into phrase, 'Enemy of the People.' "
That prompted a response from Sulzberger, who said in a statement that he had met with the president to urge him to tone town his attacks on the media at large.
"I told him that although the phrase 'fake news' is untrue and harmful, I am far more concerned about his labeling journalists 'the enemy of the people,' " Sulzberger said.
"I warned that this inflammatory language is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence."
(USA isn’t a “Democracy”)
They see that as a justifiable response to the violence Trump and his supporters are spreading (which they aren't).
It's not Trump supporters going to Democrats' rallies attacking Democrats.
Acosta can't see the reality in front of him.
Don’t forget Mad Mad Maxipad’s call for violence against Conservatives...
Acosta is an enemy of the people.
Little weasel Acosta knows he is high on the list if things go sideways.....
There.
Fixed it.
Hang ‘em high.
I feel like Acosta wants someone to hurt him so he can blame Trump and sue everyone around him.
[CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta expressed]
And I’m worried that CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta believes he’s an actual journalist.
The press is the enemy, and should be treated like cute, big-eyed baby Harp seals at harvest time.
Pretty ironic that Acosta says that while every day fomenting violence against President Trump, the people in his administration, and all Trump supporters.
These leftists have gone beyond the point of disagreement and are trying to create open rebellion and the overthrow of our Country and the Constitution. Playing nice by the old rules will not stop them nor can we save our Country that way so the propaganda arm of the ComDem party will have to be stopped at the beginning if things go completely south.
You folks made your bed, Jim, you now have to sleep in it.
Hey! Sabotaging denuclearization of North Korea and Iran is good for ratings!
Yes, I know it's a Republic. That said, what I said about Acosta I believe to be true.
You should see some of the unhinged shoit on Twitter.
They want us dead for supporting President Trump and voting for him.
And this is being fueled by CNN dumping gas on the flames.
CNN has convinced a great many people on the Left that Trump committed treason and is working for the Russians.
It's only a matter of time before someone decides to be a "hero" for CNN.
Jim Acosta’s interest is ONLY self interest....which is why he’s always creating news about himself. He enjoys being humiliated for attention. Further he and other media outlets created this environment by throwing objectivity out the window and openly displaying their bias... over and over again and again.
Gee, I wonder what Adam Miller would say...
It’s a level of maliciously dangerous recklessness that deserves a Lifetime Sippy Cup Award.
The Judas Cradle.
Not going to say more. Makes water boarding look like kinder-garden.
Heck at first it may be exciting for him.
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