Little Jimmy Acosta from CNN was in the press briefing today trying to pigeon-hole Sarah Sanders over Trump’s statement Friday morning about Democrats being anti-Israel and anti-Jewish.
First, here’s Trump’s comments from Friday morning as a reminder:
In trying to frame the comments above by Trump as absurd, Acosta quickly defended Democrats saying that they don’t hate Jewish people, that’s silly…not true!
Watch:
CNN's @Acosta goes to bat for Democrats, says it's "patently untrue" members of the party are anti-Semitic.
"Democrats don't hate Jewish people. That's silly. Not true." pic.twitter.com/B3pmxIDBHe
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 11, 2019
Trump never said that Democrats hate Jewish people. That’s just foolishness from Acosta.
Trump pointed toward the vote where they refused to condemn the anti-Semitic remarks of Ilhan Omar or call her out by name and said they’ve become the anti-Israel and anti-Jewish PARTY.
And it’s absolutely true. The fact that there was such an uprising in the party when they decided to condemn Omar’s insults just proves Trump’s point. There is so much anti-Semitism and pro-Muslim sympathies in the party that Democrats had to back down almost completely.
Acosta needs to get his facts straight. But clearly he’s only there to get his face on TV.