CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta was slammed on Monday for shouting questions at President Trump while he was coloring with young children at the White House Easter Egg Roll.
The annual Egg Roll brings families from all over the country for a day of Easter-related festivities, which Trump’s 12-year-old son, Barron, and many of his grandchildren also attended.
According to Fox News, Acosta, while the president was seated with a group of youngsters, shouted, “Mr. President, what about the DACA kids? Should they worry about what is going to happen to them, sir?"
Trump responded, saying Democrats let them down, and continued coloring with the children. The response wasn’t good enough for Acosta, the CNN star who spars with Trump and his surrogates on a regular basis.
“Didn’t you kill DACA, sir? Didn’t you kill DACA?” Acosta aggressively asked.
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 (@bennyjohnson) April 2, 2018
Daily Caller reporter Benny Johnson brought Acosta’s outburst to light, tweeting video of the CNN star interrupting the lighthearted family event.
Psychotherapist and author Jonathan Alpert told Fox News that journalism ethics “seem to be a thing of the past” in the modern era of 24/7 news coverage, but he said “one would expect a certain level of respect and sensitivity at an event where kids” are in attendance. He explained that Barron Trump is most likely accustomed to negative commentary around his father, but the rhetoric could have a negative impact on the other kids.
“The word ‘kill’ might be seen as rather harsh and inflammatory in the young minds of the attendees,” Alpert said. “As for CNN's Jim Acosta, there's a time and place for everything and maybe the family-oriented Easter Egg Roll wasn't quite the right place.”
Please show me the clip where you (or anyone at CNN) yelled a contentious policy question at Barack Obama while he was coloring with his family during the White House Easter egg roll.— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 3, 2018
Obama was President for 8 years.
Surely there must be a clip.
I’ll wait. https://t.co/5OK5DbT9do
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