Jimmy Kimmel Blasts White House for Posting Fake Video
by EG
Donald Trump barred CNN reporter Jim Acosta from the White House after Acosta asked Trump an uncomfortable question during a press conference. To justify the action, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders posted an apparently doctored video on Twitter, and Jimmy Kimmel was having none of it. Read on for details.
Via Deadline.
Jimmy Kimmel demanded White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders get sacked for using tampered video of CNN’s Jim Acosta at President Donald Trump’s unhinged White House presser.
The White House pulled Acosta’s credentials this week after he sprayed Trump with questions about the Russia investigation, caravan fear mongering, etc. Acosta refused to give up his microphone at that morning-after-midterms presser when a clearly agitated Trump told him to shut up, sit down and added that CNN should be ashamed of him.
A White House intern was sent to try to grab the microphone out of Acosta’s hands, which she attempted several times, as Acosta said “Pardon me ma’am” and kept going.
“Not only did they suspend his credential, they claim Acosta accosted a female intern,” Kimmel marveled in his JKL monologue.
“That’s where the Hucka-B.S. machine comes in,” he revealed.
“She tweeted a doctored video clip that they believe to be from Infowars, which is a web site for the mentally unbalanced, in which they sped up Acosta’s hand movement, to make it look more violent,” Kimmel informed his viewers.
“And the part where he says ‘Pardon me ma’am’ – they cut the audio out.”
“Jim Acosta clearly never touched that White House intern. That’s just a lie,” Kimmel stated.
On the bright side, the ABC late-night host snarked, “This also might be the first time I’ve seen Sarah Sanders take the woman’s side on any subject ever. So good for her. Baby steps.”
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