White House pushes ridiculous ‘assault’ video to defend reporter ban

Author: Tristan Greene / Source: The Next Web

Sarah Huckabee Sanders yesterday accused CNN’s Jim Acosta of “inappropriate behavior” towards a White House intern, citing this as the reason his press pass was revoked.

The Press Secretary did this in a

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The incident in question occurred yesterday during President Donald Trump’s press conference in the West Wing. Throughout the presser, the President took questions from a number of reporters including Acosta.

As the event wore on, Acosta elicited Trump’s ire by continually questioning the President concerning the White House’s rhetoric about the migrant caravan and other hardball issues. The President eventually became testy and demanded Acosta stop talking.

While the President spoke over Acosta, a White House intern approached the reporter and attempted to take his microphone away. What happened next is the subject of no small amount of debate on the internet.

BREAKING: White House aide grabs and tries to physically remove a microphone from CNN Correspondent Jim Acosta during a contentious exchange with President Trump at a news conference. pic.twitter.com/Ml1OvlXpa9

— MSNBC (@MSNBC)

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Whether or not Acosta made a downward motion with his arm, intending to strike the intern with a karate chop – and how intense an action this was – appears to be the basis of the debate.

By some accounts, the reporter merely pulled his arm…

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