‘Go home fake news Jim’: Crowd at Trump rally boos and chants at CNN’s Acosta, accusing him of ‘not respecting the country’ – and he broadcasts in front of a ‘CNN sucks’ sign
CNN’s White House Corespondent Jim Acosta received a less-than warm welcome at Monday night’s rally in South Carolina
He was met with chants of ‘Go home!’ and branded ‘Fake news Jim’ by Trump supporters
One group of supporters held a sign that read CNN sucks while the journalist was live on air
When the president finally gave his speech, he encouraged his supporters’ behavior by branding the press ‘the enemy of the people’
By KAYLA BRANTLEY
DAILYMAIL.COM
26 June 2018
Trump supporters heckled CNN’s White House Corespondent with boos and chants at the president’s South Carolina rally Monday night.
Jim Acosta was met with chants of ‘Go home!’ and branded ‘Fake news Jim’ by the crowd while waiting in the press area at the rally in West Columbia.
At one point, the journalist appeared live on air while a sign in the background read ‘CNN Sucks.’
The President later gave his speech where he encouraged his supporters’ behavior by once again branding the free press the ‘enemy of the people’
Later on CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Acosta addressed his less-than warm welcome.
‘While we have had people come up to us and be nice. I had an elderly woman just a short while’s come up to me—she came up to me & said that we at CNN should get the f*** out of this auditorium… She turned to the crowd & whipped them up into a frenzy.’
‘We are here to do our jobs and report the news and report on this rally, and we’re not going anywhere,’ he continued.
That woman is Maria Rojas, who confronted Acosta and told him he did not respect the country.
To which Acosta responded: ‘I do respect the United States, yes I do.’
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