Right now the judiciary has dictated that the White House must have rules of conduct in place and show cause for revocation of participation rights. That’s bad enough. But if the judiciary takes this further and starts imposing their own rules on who can and cannot be at briefings, were I the President I’d declare that since I can’t control the proceeding and I don’t know the rules anymore, in order to avoid potentially violating them there will be no more open press conferences. Please direct any concerns or complaints to the CNN legal team.
I will concede the point of no-existing rules and that “the Acoster” hasn’t necessarily violated them.
So, create a set of rules and then vigorously enforce them. Apply them to all uniformly.
Obviously, you can’t apply them retroactively without appearing heavy-handed. (you could but there is no upside PR wise)
The key is to ignore Acosta, and his obnoxious behavior will escalate until he crosses over that line in an even more egregious fashion. If I were a betting man, I would say that Acosta will eventually charge the podium in a fit of rage from not being called upon. He ego is even larger than Trump’s.
Please direct any concerns or complaints to the CNN legal team and the federal judge ...