Fox Regan defends CNN's Acosta, calling for civility: "What happened to us?

Fox Business animator, Trish Regan, defended CNN's Jim Acosta Tuesday, saying the verbal attacks on the reporter at a Trump rally are "not just bad manners, but also bad form." ".

The comment of former Bloomberg and CNBC host arrives a day after Acosta was chosen by Trump supporters before a South Carolina president rally, with chants of "CNN feared" and " Go home, Jim "echoing throughout the site.

"You heard the crowd chanting," Go home, Jim, "said Regan. "Not good, not true."

"They may not agree with some reports from Acosta, you know, Jim Acosta is just doing his job, he's reporting on the rally," she said. pursued. "And it's not just bad manners, it's a bad form to attack him."

"I say this because I am very concerned about the state in which we are currently living, where there is a total and total lack of civility," added Regan.

She shared an interview clip with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), the father of White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, of her TV show. radio earlier in the day.

In the interview, Huckabee told the story, which broke the weekend, of Sanders being asked to leave the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va., On his support for President TrumpDonald John TrumpCrowley stunner tops one huge night for left Trump congratulates Romney on primary victory Judge orders trump administrator to start reuniting immigrant families MOREThe policies of Sanders and her husband, Huckabee said, in deciding to go home, while other family members have decided to go to another institution on the other side of the street.

Huckabee said that these family members were followed across the street by the owner of the red hen, who drove a group "screaming and screaming from outside." of the restaurant".

"Again, it's not okay," said Regan. "Jim Acosta should not be heckled, Sarah Huckabee Sanders should not be heckled, we are better than that, at least I hope we are.

The "intelligence report" will house other recent examples of incivility, including a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee who found a burnt animal carcass on their door, the secretary. from DHS Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele NielsenPavlich: Lessons from the Left on Incivility Night Defense: The White House "strongly opposes the provision of ZTE | Senate Subcommittee Advances Pentagon Expenditure Bill 5B | New questions about VA are selecting Secret Service to provide temporary security at Sanders: report PLUS being chased from a Washington DC restaurant by a crowd of protesters, and a congressional trainee who shouted "F — you" to President Trump on Capitol Hill last week.

"She [the intern] gets to keep his job there with [Sen.] Maggie HassanMargaret (Maggie) HassanFox defends CNN's Acosta, calls for civility: "What happened to us? Dem Senate: trainee who shouted – you? Trump was held responsible for his actions & # 39; Intern for Sen. Dem Suspended Suspended for Screaming – you're in! at Trump PLUS (D) from my home state of New Hampshire, "noted Regan. I would have fired it, because that kind of language is never appropriate, it 's never right.

"What has happened to us, who are we right now? I mean, it's not America that I know and I love, we've always had some respect for the opinion of others, "she concluded. "It does not exist right now, and it's very dangerous."

Regan's defense against Acosta is remarkable given that Fox and CNN regularly exchange verbal blows, with MSNBC largely ignored while he is in second position in the race for cable news.