Posted on 01/12/2017 9:22:24 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday that CNN reporter Jim Acosta should apologize to President-elect Trump after Spicer said Acosta was "rude, inappropriate and disrespectful" during Trump's press conference...
"I think Mr. Acosta owes the president-elect and frankly the entire press corps an apology for his childish and inappropriate behavior," Spicer told Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight."
Acosta repeatedly called on Trump to let him ask a question after the president-elect disparaged reports by CNN and BuzzFeed that Russian spies have collected compromising information about him. Trump refused to call on Acosta, at one point telling him "Don't be rude" before finally blasting CNN's report as "fake news."
After the press conference, Spicer said he approached Acosta and "I informed him that I thought that no one should be treated that ... disrespectfully, and that if he did it again in the future, I would have him removed."
"No one needs to be treated with that level of disrespect and rudeness," Spicer later added.
The former RNC spokesman added that the contentious nature of Wednesday's presser could be a preview of future briefings under a Trump administration.
"If you want to have a conversation and engage in a polite and respectful manner with the president-elect, he’s gonna treat you in kind," Spicer said. "But if you come in hot and want to be disrespectful and rude, as Jim Acosta was today, he’s not gonna sit back and take it. This is a man who fights and wins."
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He belongs in the corner with a dunce hat and dirty sock in his mouth.
If Acosta wants a forum to air his opinions, he can hold his own press conference.
Absolutely right.
And if this phony ‘reporter’ had any self respect, he would tender his resignation and live as a recluse for a few years.
And he wouldn’t let Mara LIARSON ask her little question!! Rude Dude!
He wouldn’t have DARED address his god in the white mosque that way.
Watch him instead double down on his remarks, like most leftist freaks learned from the Fraud.
It’s about time we got an administration that has some backbone. This is how you handle a bully.
Slap him around, then remove him.
“It’s about time we got an administration that has some backbone. This is how you handle a bully.”
I agree completely and it’s about time.
The contempt that leftists have for Trump is quite apparent with this Acosta douche thinking the press conference was as much about him as Trump. I'm sure that at an Obama presser Acosta would have displayed only worshipful adoration.
This is a man who fights and wins.”...
That’s why I voted for him :)
Absentee but it still counts!
Acosta went stupid due to the fact the wheels were coming off their charade and his entire network was seen as ugly deceptive liars.
How long before they call Trump anti-Hispanic?
18 months ago.
“This is a man who fights and wins.”
The next 8 years are going to be soooo much fun.
L
A new definition of chutzpah: “My organization libeled you, so take my question first.”
He needs to get email and twitter.
There are many journalists that attend these events. Just because you sit in the front doesn’t mean you will be called upon.
Acosta was inappropriate.
He should be banned if he does it again.
These MSM pukes had a field day when when Bush was prez, and they were on attack mode 24/7. This stops them cold for a bit and the new press sec better have a pitbull mentality cause’ he/she will be doing this for the next 4 years.
The enemedia’s plan was clear. Have this jerk ask the question so the rest of the Wolf pack had the excuse to make this narrative official after Trump responded . This is why Goebbel boy went to such lengths to get this smear out into the public record. Trump shut the SOB down before he even had a chance spring this depraved lie.
Remember they said O’Reilly and Bret Baier were wrong to challenge Obama in interviews? Acosta was shouting at Trump!
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