CNNs Jim Acosta Gets Brutal Beatdown After Accidentally Proving that a Wall Works
In his rush to post a “goctcha” against evil-orangeman Trump, CNN’s Jim Acosta rushed to the border where he found a barrier and made a startlingly stupid comment. And the Internet is not letting him live it down just yet.
Acosta turned up at the southern border in the McAllen, Texas, area, broke out his CNN camera crew, and gave this idiotic little “report”:
I found some steel slats down on the border. But I don’t see anything resembling a national emergency situation.. at least not in the McAllen TX area of the border where Trump will be today
I found some steel slats down on the border. But I don’t see anything resembling a national emergency situation.. at least not in the McAllen TX area of the border where Trump will be today. pic.twitter.com/KRoLdszLUu
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 10, 2019
Acosta added there was “no sign of the national emergency that the president has been talking about” and it was “tranquil” near him. He captioned the video, “I found some steel slats down on the border. But I don’t see anything resembling a national emergency situation.. at least not in the McAllen TX area of the border where Trump will be today.”
Well, inn-nat wunnerful, little Jimmy?
But, does it not occur to Jim “Look At Meeee” Acosta that there is no “emergency” where he is standing in that video precisely because there is a barrier there sitting right next to him?
And, does it not occur to him that the crisis is somewhere else where there is no barrier?
Apparently, Jim Acosta is too dense to consider that possibility.
Well, it didn’t take long for everyone else to understand that Acosta just made himself look like a dolt… again.
Presidential spokesperson Sarah Sanders was thrilled with Acosta’s little stunt. She even thanked him for doing her job:
When I went with President @realDonaldTrump to the border today I never imagined @Acosta would be there doing our job for us and so clearly explaining why WALLS WORK. Thanks Jim! https://t.co/7wC4rdEsZ2
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) January 10, 2019
Caleb Hull joked that Acosta just did an amazing “self own”:
Jim Acosta just posted one of the biggest self owns ever.
He's walking along the border where there's a wall in place talking about how there's nothing that "resembles a national emergency situation" and "there's no migrants trying to rush."
That's because there's a wall, Jim. https://t.co/qkuWRhxolW
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) January 10, 2019
Others were just as brutal:
https://twitter.com/JakeWilkns/status/1083417685214535683
Er, you found a place where there is a barrier and all is quiet? Jim, do you know what point you're actually making here? https://t.co/YbZfYtyO5P
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 10, 2019
Acosta making videos for the Trump administration showing the effectiveness of border barriers: https://t.co/6ZfZoykMh3
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 10, 2019
I would like to thank @Acosta for pointing out how peaceful, safe and secure it is at a part of the border that HAS a wall. #RealNews #BuildTheWall https://t.co/bkssL9nOW3
— Brad Parscale (@parscale) January 10, 2019
Does anyone think Acosta is smart enough to rue his little video stunt?
Yeah, probably not.
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