Democratic rep.: Trump 'deliberately set up Jim Acosta' with 'staged' incident

The Hill ^ | 11/08/18 | Joe Concha

[RoosterRedux]

Acosta hogged the mic and got himself removed from the WH press corps. He has been probing the limits of Trump's patience for a very long time now.

Good riddance.

[Autonomous User]

Marion “Crackhead” Berry quote comes to mind.

[Durbin]

Right. Trump totally forced Acosta to act like an unhinged Leftist.

[I want the USA back]

The same kind of “mind” at work here that you saw during the Kavanaugh hearings. A steadfast refusal to admit reality.

[sport]

Trump ‘deliberately set up Jim Acosta’ with ‘staged’ incident.

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I read almost the same thing on a FR post last night.

I do not recall the poster’s name or the post verbatim, but the gist of the post was that Trump staged the incident because he wanted to get rid of Acosta.

[JPG]

[metmom]

DUers are saying the same thing.

[cnsmom]

If he did even better.

[avenir]

Well said. The disrespect has to end. Acosta hides a lot of malice behind his dead affect.

[dead]

How did Trump get Acosta to agree to play the role of “complete a$$hole” when they were staging the show?

[Raycpa]

Is Acosta so predictable that Trump knew he would be a jerk and hog the microphone and push the aides hand away?

Or does Trump see the future?

[Tenacious 1]

Staged set up? Geez. Really?

Yea right, Jim Acosta has been so docile and gentle and fair. Who would think he could SUDDENLY be so belligerent, aggressive and angry. Like, there is no history there of anything that would suggest his behavior is anything less that professional and respectful.

(oozing sarcasm)

[bgill]

Bet the intern is a Russian spy.

[nikos1121]

Stop making them live. Have them closed door.

[uranium penguin]

I think we should start saying Acosta is “stifling the freedom of speech of all the other reporters”...

[indthkr]

It's the Marion Barry defense:

"The bitc# set me up!"

[Freedom of Speech Wins]

If he wants to see a staged event he should look at Charlottesville, Terry McAuliffe, and Hillary.

[LeonardFMason]

Suburban Women must be proud. DEMOCRAT blaming young intern. Nice.

[BlueLancer]

THE B*TCH SET ME UP!

[Bookshelf]

Rep. Gerry Connelly (D-Va.) is likely the sleaziest Dem in the House. Everything that passes his lips is calculated, nothing that passes his lips is believable.