The midterm elections are all but over with just a handful of races still being counted, but President Trump has declared a great victory for Republicans after they won two, possibly three, Senate seats but lost between 32-36 House seats and at least seven governors’ seats.
When CNN’s Jim Acosta stood up to Trump at his victory press conference and called him on the violent rhetoric he used against the group of migrants making their way through Mexico to the U.S. border, Trump’s frustration came to the forefront. A female White House aide even tried to take Acosta’s microphone from his hand.
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) November 7, 2018
Right-wingers on Twitter promptly lost their minds, accusing Acosta of assaulting the reporter and even grabbing her breast.
The right is spinning the "Jim Acosta" question as assault on the woman who tried to take his mic away… NO REALLY. pic.twitter.com/IdKzYyNPF5
— B̤̿it̺̕B͓̚ur͍̒neȑ? rm -rf * (@bitburner) November 7, 2018
Jim @Acosta just wanted to “cop a feel”. Why did his hand run across both of her breasts???? https://t.co/PUjp7PWs3B
— Wes Hitchcock (@hitch_cocky) November 7, 2018
He touched her breast without her consent. Arrest @JimAcosta for #SexualAssault After all, there IS video EVIDENCE!
— ❌SouthernLadyDr?❌ (@southern_dr) November 7, 2018
Trump’s supporters on Twitter are now, surprise!, calling for Acosta to be “locked up” for sexual assault and battery. From the clip, it appears as if the aide reached for his mic as Acosta’s hand was raised and he touched her bicep. Nothing looked to be out of the ordinary except, of course, a White House aide attempting to take a microphone from a press pool reporter.
https://twitter.com/ali/status/1060242469223387136
More like… BREAKING Jim Acosta refuses to release microphone to female WH aide and appears to assault her. https://t.co/G5Yd17QyZa
— Elisha (@ElishaKrauss) November 7, 2018
Multiple news outlets have come to Acosta’s defense, as well as all of the reporters who are forced to sit through Trump’s and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s verbal assaults in order to ask hard questions of the current presidential administration.
So you are okay with @JimAcosta on camera touching a female's breast without her consent? #MeToo my arse! You are living up to your name, #EnemyOfThePeople
— ❌SouthernLadyDr?❌ (@southern_dr) November 7, 2018
@cnn @JimAcosta Is it ok to touch a woman's breast without her consent as that is exactly what Jim Acosta just did on live TV for the world to see! He should be charged with #SexualAssault No one is above the law! #EnemyOfThePeople #CNNDisrespectsWomen #CNNAssaultsWomen https://t.co/u74iL4dwMi
— ❌SouthernLadyDr?❌ (@southern_dr) November 7, 2018
Acosta has been at odds with the president since CNN published the story of the Trump dossier regarding his campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia, which included a link to Buzzfeed’s story on the more salacious details involving prostitutes.
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