Trump 2020 Campaign Manager Suggests Jim Acosta’s Credentials Be Pulled: Embarrasses ‘Himself and CNN’
It’s no secret that President Donald Trump and the White House staff are not exactly members of the Jim Acosta fan club. But now, the man who’s running Trump’s reelection campaign is going so far as to actually suggest the CNN chief White House corespondent have his credentials revoked.
Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale took to Twitter Monday to call for Acosta to be suspended and for his White House press credentials to be pulled.
Maybe it is time for Jim Acosta to get a suspension for breaking protocol. He continues to embarrass himself and @CNN. Pull his credentials for each incident. https://t.co/WHC9nlIo75
— Brad Parscale (@parscale) April 2, 2018
Parscale made his comment following the publication of a Daily Caller article and accompanying video which showed Acosta asking questions of Trump on the White House lawn Monday morning, as the president spoke briefly to reporters during the annual Easter egg hunt.
“Didn’t you kill DACA, sir?” Acosta said, shouting his query towards Trump so as to be heard above a band playing nearby. “Didn’t you kill DACA.”
The incident evidently constitutes “breaking protocol,” as far as Parscale is concerned.
“He continues to embarrass himself and @CNN,” the Trump campaign manager wrote. “Pull his credentials for each incident.”
UPDATE – 3:07 p.m. EST: Acosta has responded.
Just doing my job.. which is protected by the First Amendment of The Constitution. You might want to give it a read. https://t.co/lbUZmxGPJO
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 2, 2018
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