"A great time to be a reporter..."
On a chilly and gray Monday in D.C. a few weeks ago, President Trump was sitting on the South Lawn among a group of children during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, when CNN's chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, shouted a question at him, Ted Johnson reports on variety.com.
"Mr. President, what about the DACA kids? Should they worry about what is going to happen to them, sir," Johnson wrote.
Trump answered, blaming the situation on the Democrats, but Acosta persisted in a follow-up: "Didn't you kill DACA, sir? Didn't you kill DACA?"
Trump didn't respond, but plenty of others did. Conservative sites were indignant, accusing Acosta of behaving "rudely." Sean Spicer the former White House press secretary called him a "carnival barker," and Brad Parscale, who is managing Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, tweeted, Pull his credentials for each incident, Johnson added.
For more of timely and fascinating look behind the scenes of covering the Trump White House: variety.com/2018/politics/news/trump-white-house-political-coverage-cnn-washington-post-1202782162/amp/
April Ryan, American Urban Networks, says, "I actively get death threats just for asking a question."
On a chilly and gray Monday in D.C. a few weeks ago, President Trump was sitting on the South Lawn among a group of children during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, when CNN's chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, shouted a question at him, Ted Johnson reports on variety.com.
"Mr. President, what about the DACA kids? Should they worry about what is going to happen to them, sir," Johnson wrote.
Trump answered, blaming the situation on the Democrats, but Acosta persisted in a follow-up: "Didn't you kill DACA, sir? Didn't you kill DACA?"
Trump didn't respond, but plenty of others did. Conservative sites were indignant, accusing Acosta of behaving "rudely." Sean Spicer the former White House press secretary called him a "carnival barker," and Brad Parscale, who is managing Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, tweeted, Pull his credentials for each incident, Johnson added.
For more of timely and fascinating look behind the scenes of covering the Trump White House: variety.com/2018/politics/news/trump-white-house-political-coverage-cnn-washington-post-1202782162/amp/
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