CNN’s Jim Acosta Unwittingly Proves Trump’s Point About Value of Border Walls
“as a matter of fact, it’s pretty tranquil down here”
CNN’s Jim Acosta took a break from being a nuisance in the White House press briefing room this week to prove how ridiculous Trump is for suggesting there is a crisis on the southern border. In one of the most epic and unaware self-owns in media history, he ended up making Trump’s point eloquently.
Acosta visited McAllen, Texas, an area where the border is protected by a gigantic steel fence and pointed out that there was no crisis there at all.
Brian Flood reports at FOX News:
CNN’s Jim Acosta mocked for accidentally proving that border walls work
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might want to confiscate someone’s selfie stick.
CNN’s Jim Acosta was mocked across social media on Thursday for posting a video that was meant to downplay President Trump’s claims of a border crisis — but ended up supporting his argument that border barriers improve security.
“Here are some of the steel slats that the president’s been talking about,” Acosta said while reporting from the southern border. “But as we’re walking along here, we’re not seeing any kind of imminent danger.”
The CNN reporter added, “There are no migrants trying to rush toward this fence.”
Acosta then declared there was “no sign of the national emergency that the president has been talking about” and it was “tranquil” near him. He captioned the video, “I found some steel slats down on the border. But I don’t see anything resembling a national emergency situation.. at least not in the McAllen TX area of the border where Trump will be today.”
See the video in Acosta’s tweet below:
I found some steel slats down on the border. But I don’t see anything resembling a national emergency situation.. at least not in the McAllen TX area of the border where Trump will be today. pic.twitter.com/KRoLdszLUu
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 10, 2019
His work earned him a thank you from White House press secretary Sarah Sanders:
When I went with President @realDonaldTrump to the border today I never imagined @Acosta would be there doing our job for us and so clearly explaining why WALLS WORK. Thanks Jim! https://t.co/7wC4rdEsZ2
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) January 10, 2019
Congressman Steve Scalise also got in on the action:
Glad to see the steel slats are deterring illegal immigrants from attempting to cross the border exactly as @realDonaldTrump said they would. This is why we need to #BuildTheWall along the rest of our southern border. #WallsWork https://t.co/EWJYbq78Dn
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) January 10, 2019
Even Trump trolled Acosta over this:
Dear Diary… https://t.co/NAuMaQW6fl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2019
That “Dear diary” meme has come a long way:
The progression of the Dear Diary meme dunking on @Acosta:
From @neontaster to @realDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/wVoUh6AkI8
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) January 11, 2019
Is Jim Acosta secretly working on Trump’s behalf? It sure looks that way.
Featured image via YouTube.
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Gotta love it when ego trumps intellect.
Trump is truly blessed by the idiots in the Democrat party in opposition to him 🙂
Sad part is that Acosta’s viewers are too dim to see the point
He’s got viewers?
CNN is such a sh*t-show these days I almost want to watch for the comic value.
So McAllen TX is not among the easiest places on the border for illegal crossings for now because there are better places. But the most problematic entries will get the most attention at first and as these areas are fixed, the McAllens will look more attractive.
The new barrier must be designed to head this off before it happens. Otherwise, we will be playing whack-a-mole at the border. Fix it right the first time.
I wish I had been born without the embarrassment gene, like Acosta.
Life must be so much easier when you don’t have to worry about being embarrassed by your own stupidity.
he even said where there was only chain link fence there are crossings too.
deardiary….
Jim “It’s ALL about me” Acosta, pathetic. Why not stand in front of a closed bank vault door and observe that there are no robberies taking place? BOOB.
Jim Acosta would juggle Mackerel while standing nude in Times Square, if people would notice him. Of course, that would require SOME talent. Idiots doing the jobs that intelligent people won’t do.
“CNN’s Jim Acosta…” and “unwittingly” are becoming metonyms. He “unwittingly” has become a WH press outcast. He “unwittingly” has become the poster child for those voters who have finally tired of the DC media/politics charade. He “unwittingly” has solidified Trump’s base and helped others decide Trump is still better than most every alternative.
Correction: It is not “unwittingly” – it is “Nitwittingly”.
Next week, “crime is low in areas with concealed carry, so why do they need guns?” I think Acosta is missing the genes for logic, awareness, and embarrassment.
Build the wall, but leave the California border open. They could us a couple of hundred million more illegals to support.
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