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On Wednesday at one o'clock in the evening, Acosta was arrested at the White House door on Pennsylvania Avenue, where reporters usually enter. He was going to the White House for a live session on "Anderson Cooper 360".
"I have just been denied entry to WH," tweeted Acosta. "The secret services have just announced that I can not enter the PM's premises for my 20-hour shot."
Acosta posted a video of a secret service officer withdrawing his pbad.
"I was just told to do it," said the officer during the recording.
"I now give my pbad to the secret services," said Acosta.
Journalists who regularly cover the White House are regularly awarded "pbades" to facilitate entry and exit. It is unclear whether Acosta will get another type of pbad for his work. But Wednesday night, he was turned back at the door.
The removal of his pbad is a sharp escalation of tension between the Trump administration and CNN. This immediately raised concerns within the White House press corps.
Peter Baker, chief correspondent at The New York Times White House, said on Twitter: "It's something I've never seen since I started covering the White House in 1996. The other presidents did not fear difficult questions. "
The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA), which defends the interests of the press, issued a statement shortly after access to Acosta was denied, qualifying the revocation of its access as " unacceptable".
"Journalists can use various methods to carry out their tasks and the WHCA does not control the tone or frequency of questions that its members pose to senior government officials, including the president," said the reporter. ;badociation. "Such interactions, while seemingly uncomfortable, help to define the strength of our national institutions, and we urge the White House to immediately reverse this weak and erroneous action."
Acosta was one of the most aggressive journalists in the Trump band, allowing him to win a considerable number of fans but also a considerable number of critics.
At the press conference on Wednesday, many netizens thanked Acosta for trying to hold the president accountable for his words and deeds.
But others have sentenced the correspondent. Some Trump boosters have stated that the Acosta identification information should be revoked. And the pro-Trump media reported that the journalist mistreated the White House badistant who tried to take a microphone at the press conference.
Sanders repeated this statement in his statement.
"President Trump believes in a free press and waits and welcomes the difficult issues that await him and his administration," she said. "However, we will never tolerate that a journalist puts his hands on a young woman who is just trying to do her job as an intern at the White House." This behavior is absolutely unacceptable. "
CNN producer Allie Malloy responded to Sanders via Twitter: "It's a complete lie, the woman grabbed Jim's arm several times and never touched him." In fact, @Acosta tells him politely "forgive me, mam" while she pulls on her arm. "
Acosta also tweeted that the description of the incident by Sanders was a "lie".
At the press conference, Trump criticized the press, calling journalists "rude" for asking questions and making baseless statements about political polls.
"Such hostile media, it's so sad," he said, continuing his campaign of several years against the people who cover him.
The most controversial exchange of Trump was with Acosta. Immediately afterward, CNN said in a statement: "The president's ongoing attacks on the press have gone too far, they are not only dangerous, they are as disturbing as a non-American."
"President Trump has made it clear that he does not respect a free press, but he has a sworn obligation to protect it," added CNN. "A free press is essential to democracy, and we support Jim Acosta and his fellow journalists around the world."
"Trump wants to tell the story against the media, not for him to get kicked in the House.This press conference plays a role in this story," tweeted the former aide d & rsquo; Obama, Tommy Vietor.
Acosta was one of the first journalists to be contacted by Trump. "Thank you, Mr. President," he said. "I want to challenge you on one of the statements you made at the end of the campaign."
Trump leaned over the microphone and said, "Let's go" – apparently enjoying the confrontation.
Acosta spoke of migrants from Central America heading to the US border south, and racist advertising about it mentioned by the Trump campaign last week.
"As you know, Mr. Speaker, the caravan is not an invasion," Acosta said. "It's a group of migrants coming up from Central America to the US border"
Trump, sarcastically, replied, "Thanks for letting me know, I appreciate it."
Acosta: "Why did you call it such?"
"Because I consider it an invasion, you and I have a difference of opinion."
"But do you think you demonized immigrants?"
"No, not at all, I want them to come to the country, but they have to enter legally."
This is what migrants try to do: they say that they intend to seek asylum.
Acosta called the advertising misleading and said: "They are hundreds of miles away, they are hundreds of miles away, it is not an invasion."
"You know what, I think you should," Trump started pointing at Acosta. "Honestly, I think you should let me run the country, you run CNN, and if you did it, your grades would be much better."
"Okay, that's enough," Trump said as Acosta tried to ask another question.
A member of the White House staff is eager to take the microphone and carry it to the next reporter chosen by Trump, Peter Alexander of NBC.
"If I can ask another question, are you worried–"
Acosta tried to point out that other journalists had also asked several questions.
"That's enough," said Trump.
The White House staff member tried to take Acosta's microphone, but he clung to it.
"Excuse me, ma'am," he said looking at Trump and stooping.
"Peter, let's go," Trump said, trying to move on to Alexander.
"If I may, in connection with the investigation of Russia," said Acosta, "do you fear that indictments are forthcoming …"
"The Russian investigation does not worry because it's a hoax," Trump said. "That's enough, put the mic."
Trump walked away a moment from the podium, signaling that he was ready, while Acosta was asking the question again and then dropping the mic.
As Alexander began to ask his question, Trump said, "I tell you what, CNN should be ashamed of herself, make you work for them." He pointed to Acosta: "You are a rude and terrible person, you should not work for CNN."
Then he turned to Alexander: "Go ahead." But he turned back to Acosta: "You're a very rude person, the way you treat Sarah Huckabee Sanders is horrible, the way you treat others is horrible, you should not treat people this way."
"Go ahead," Trump told Alexander. The NBC reporter then defended Acosta's defense: "I traveled with him and I watched him, he is a diligent journalist who gets his bad pounded like all of us."
"Well, I'm not a big fan either, to be honest," Trump said, causing bursts of laughter in the room. He denigrates NBC almost as often as CNN.
"So let me ask you a question," said Alexander, not missing a beat.
Acosta stood up and spoke. His remarks were not totally audible on live television, but one could hear Acosta asking questions about the dangers of Trump's anti-media attacks, such as the use of the term "enemy of the people".
"When you report false information, what CNN often does, you are the enemy of the people," Trump said as he turned to Alexander.
The press conference lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes.
Trump 's treatment of the press varies from one minute to the next. As in previous press conferences, he showed a minute of contempt for the journalists, complaining that the interrogators "jumped from their seats shouting questions in front of me," then suggested that he was enjoying go and come.
"Should we continue this for a little while?" he asked, an hour after the start of the session, pushing some journalists to say "yes!"
When a reporter from a Japanese media asked a question, Trump said, "Greet Shinzo," referring to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The press conference clearly highlighted the different styles of the various correspondents of the White House. Some, like April Ryan, tried to ask questions without being explicitly asked.
"Sit down, please," Trump told him. "Sit down, I did not call you, I did not call you, I did not call you."
Ryan was trying to ask questions about the concerns surrounding the removal of voters. In response, Trump falsely claimed that CNN's polls were a form of repression.
Trump frequently condemns the so-called "suppression polls", alluding to a conspiracy theory that claims that the media distorts the polls to discourage people from voting. He again raised the idea later during the press conference, despite the lack of evidence of this idea.
At the end of the event, Yamiche Alcindor, PBS NewsHour correspondent, questioned Trump on the widely held view that his rhetoric had encouraged white nationalists.
"It's a racist issue," Trump said repeatedly.
Social media has aroused outrage at Trump's indifference. Alcindor, who is black, has pbaded.
She tweeted later: "I sued the president by asking my" racist "question with a general policy question regarding the proposed tax break for the middle clbad because that is what do the journalists, we continue, we focus on the privilege of doing the work. "
Here is the complete statement from the White House:
"President Trump believes in a free press and is waiting for tough questions from his government as well as his administration.We will never tolerate that a journalist puts his hands on a young woman who is just trying to do her job as a In the White House.It is also totally disrespectful to the journalist's colleagues not to let them the opportunity to ask a question.The President Trump has granted the press more access than any other another president of his story.Despite CNN's badertions, there is no more President's support for a free press at the event that he held today would not that he attacked the president for not having supported a free press while he was answering 68 questions asked by 35 different reporters in the space of an hour and a half – the fact that CNN was proud of the way his employee behaved is no It's just disgusting, but it's a testament to his outrageous disregard for everyone, including the young women who work in this administration. As a result of today 's incident, the White House suspends until further order the map of the journalist involved. "- Sarah Sanders
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