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During an obnoxious appearance on HLN’s S.E. Cupp Unfiltered on Wednesday, CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta opened up and revealed his true disdain for Trump supporters after they booed and heckled him at a rally the night before.
According to Acosta, when he was surrounded by those Trump supporters in Tampa Bay, Florida, “Honestly, it felt like we weren't in America anymore. I don't know how to put it any more plainly than that.”
“Americans should not be treating their fellow Americans in this way. But unfortunately what we've seen and this has been building for some time since the campaign,” he whined. The hypocrisy was breathtaking for two main reasons. First, there had been many a CNN employee that had condemned Trump supporters as racist rubes.
Second, Acosta followed that up by seeming to insinuate that those Trump supporters were ready to attack him like animals. “[Trump] is whipping these crowds up into a frenzy to the point where they really want to come after us,” he proclaimed. “We have these bike rack-like barriers around the press cage, as we call it, to protect us essentially from people who might take things too far. It's unfortunate.”
As someone who used to work on large stage productions in college, I can attest that those barriers are primarily put up to protect the equipment.
Of course, Acosta asserted that the reason those Trump supporters hated CNN was because they were essentially brainwashed by Fox News and other conservative media outlets:
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