As I mentioned earlier, a federal judge has ruled Jim Acosta MUST be given access to the White House.
His media pass has been reinstituted.
So President Trump has a plan for what he’ll do if (more like WHEN) Acosta acts up again:
President Trump on what will happen next time CNN’s Acosta misbehaves: “We’ll throw him out or we’ll stop the news conference … if I think somebody is acting out of sorts I will leave I will say thank you very much, everybody, I appreciate you coming and I’ll leave.” pic.twitter.com/dDCIgeXnOJ
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) November 16, 2018
I think he means it, too.
Chris Wallace asks him “A federal judge, who you appointed has just ruled that you must give CNN reporter Jim Acosta his press pass back. Your reaction to the ruling, sir.”
“Yeah, it’s fine I mean it’s not a big deal,” POTUS responded. “What they said though is that we have to create rules and regulations for conduct etc. etc.”
Awesome. I think he’s spot on. There SHOULD be rules and expectations.
“We’re doing that, were going to write them up right now,” Trump continued. “It’s not a big deal and if he misbehaves we’ll throw him out or we’ll stop the news conference.”
“What are your rules going to be?” Wallace asked.
“We’re writing them now. We’ll have rules of decorum you know you can’t keep asking questions. We had a lot of reporters in that room, many MANY reporters in that room and they were unable to ask questions because this guy gets up and starts you know doing what he’s supposed to be doing for him and for CNN and you know just shouting out questions and making statements too.”
Exactly. It’s not just obnoxious… it keeps OTHERS from doing their jobs.
“But I will say this, look, nobody believes in the First Amendment more than I do and if I think somebody is acting out of sorts I will leave I will say thank you very much, everybody, I appreciate you coming and I’ll leave… and those reporters will not be too friendly to whoever it is that’s acting up.”
I’m SO into this. I think he’s handling this beautifully.
Fellow reporters aren’t going to look too favorably on the guy who ruins it for EVERYONE.