CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta, one of the most antagonistic reporters at the network, was shamed Monday after suffering a nasty public meltdown during the White House Easter Egg Roll.
Acosta screamed inappropriate questions at President Donald Trump, startling the young children the president was coloring with during the traditional event.
His behavior was so embarrassing and inappropriate, in fact, that a psychotherapist chimed in on Fox News.
During the Easter Egg Roll, “families of reporters, staff and invited guests gather at the White House for a day of Easter activities. For the official egg roll event, the president blows a whistle and children use wooden spoons to roll Easter eggs across the lawn. Some of President Trump’s grandchildren participated this year,” The Daily Caller’s Benny Johnson reported. “After the egg roll, President Trump joined First Lady Melania and his son Barron at a coloring table with approximately a dozen other children.”
That’s when Acosta began yelling about illegal immigrants.
Jim Acosta just yelled at Trump while he was coloring with children at the WH Easter egg roll “What abou the DACA kids? Didn’t you kill DACA?”
Trump responded saying the Dems “Really let them down.”
Then Trump kept coloring.
Press Corp groaned.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 2, 2018
Acosta wouldn’t let up, yelling at the table full of children: “Didn’t you kill DACA!? Didn’t you kill DACA!?”
The CNN star’s behavior wasn’t just rude. It was totally inappropriate to behave that way in front of young children, psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert told Fox News on Monday.
“The word ‘kill’ might be seen as rather harsh and inflammatory in the young minds of the attendees,” Alpert said, who then told Acosta that “there is a time and place for everything and maybe the family-oriented Easter Egg Roll wasn’t quite the right place.”
While CNN’s unhinged anti-Trump rhetoric is something Trump’s youngest son Barron has learned to cope with, Alpert said that “one would expect a certain level of respect and sensitivity at an event where” other young kids are in attendance.
Video of the event shows the visibly aggravated Acosta yelling about illegal immigrants over patriotic music while children color on the White House lawn.
Here’s Jim Acosta yelling at Trump about DACA while the president colors with Barron, Melania & children gathered at the White House pic.twitter.com/JCPsaREe8A
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 2, 2018
Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign manager called for Acosta to have his White House press credentials revoked after the outburst —
Maybe it is time for Jim Acosta to get a suspension for breaking protocol. He continues to embarrass himself and @CNN. Pull his credentials for each incident. https://t.co/WHC9nlIo75
— Brad Parscale (@parscale) April 2, 2018
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