Last night at the Trump rally in Florida, Jim Acosta was once again the focus of a lot of angst by Trump supporters. He took this video himself where people happily obliged him with angry comments and lots of middle fingers:
Just a sample of the sad scene we faced at the Trump rally in Tampa. 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. pic.twitter.com/IhSRw5Ui3R
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 1, 2018
During a live CNN segment, Jim Acosta is doing his shot with the crowd yelling “CNN Sucks” in the background. Here he is complaining about it:
Here’s another angle on that:
@realDonaldTrump supporters protest against @CNN reporter @Acosta at @realDonaldTrump rally in Tampa, Florida. @TB_Times pic.twitter.com/mpArxHW9Q2
— Octavio Jones (@OctavioJones) July 31, 2018
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci and Trump loyalist didn’t like all that he saw from the Trump crowd on this, saying they are flashing “warning lights” that shouldn’t be flashing:
This isn’t our best. It’s not who we are. I don’t always agree and am often upset with journalists but we are flashing warning lights now that we shouldn’t be flashing. The free press needs to be protected as well as their opinions. That’s why that Amendment was First. https://t.co/6QQhPzK78n
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) August 1, 2018
No matter what you think of Scaramucci’s take on this, it must be said that Trump has fomented a lot of this anger, making CNN enemy number one of his administration. I’ve always believed that Trump is right to call out bias in the media, but he has always done it in such a divisive way, going too far much of the time. So when I hear this anger at CNN or phony journalist Jim Acosta, I can only think that Trump would be very proud.
And to be honest, it doesn’t bother me all that much as CNN, like the rest of the MSM, has always shown us their true colors and they are not independent as they claim. It’s one thing for the crowd to boo and hiss. It’s another, however, for it to come from the government or the president himself. I didn’t like it when Obama did it and I don’t like it when Trump does it.
(h/t: The Blaze)