On Thursday, CNN’s chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, misinterpreted a segment of President Trump’s immigration speech on Twitter and was quickly met with fierce fact-checking.
Speaking in the Rose Garden, the President unveiled immigration reform proposals aimed at increasing the quota for skilled workers.
During his remarks, the President pushed back at some asylum seekers’ abuses of the country’s immigration system. “Our nation has a proud history of affording protection to those fleeing government persecutions. Unfortunately, legitimate asylum seekers are being displaced by those lodging frivolous claims,” he said.
Acosta immediately accused President Trump of portraying all asylum claims as unmerited, misquoting him on Twitter.
Acosta wrote, “Trump in Rose Garden speech paints asylum seekers with broad brush accusing them of misleading immigration authorities at border: “These are frivolous claims.”
President Trump’s 2020 campaign punched back, along with several others, at Acosta’s misquote and called him out for his blatant lie. (Continued Below)
Jim Acosta’s official “fake news” tweet:
Trump in Rose Garden speech paints asylum seekers with broad brush accusing them of misleading immigration authorities at border: “These are frivolous claims.”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 16, 2019
Official Trump War Room, managed by Trump’s 2020 campaign punched back:
“You know there’s video proving you’re lying, right?” The campaign wrote, adding that President Trump specifically said, “Our nation has a proud history of affording protection to those fleeing government persecutions. Unfortunately, legitimate asylum seekers are being displaced by those lodging frivolous claims. My plan expedites relief.”
Watch:
You know there's video proving you're lying, right?
Trump: "Our nation has a proud history of affording protection to those fleeing government persecutions. Unfortunately, legitimate asylum seekers are being displaced by those lodging frivolous claims….My plan expedites relief" pic.twitter.com/Gvz93vZBh3
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 16, 2019
Trump’s 2020 campaign continued:
How can you do this and go home at night thinking you’ve turned in an honest day’s work as a journalist?
Full transcript of what President Trump actually said: pic.twitter.com/xmTPmHJ604
— Official Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 16, 2019
Here are a few of our favorites:
You do know that the event was recorded on video so everyone can see that you are lying, right? pic.twitter.com/JqXYBwCx0k
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) May 16, 2019
Full quote: "Unfortunately legitimate asylum seekers are being displaced by those lodging frivolous claims."
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) May 16, 2019
It amazes me how jim and @brianstelter like to go back and forth on who gets the title of little bitch clown
— Bob Malak (@bob_malak) May 16, 2019
This is exactly why @CNN is a complete joke.
— Lee Rappaport (@LeeRappaport) May 16, 2019
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This is why no one takes you seriously.
— Social Distance Champion (@realchrishynes) May 16, 2019
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https://twitter.com/glolara/status/1129143715807686656
He is lying. He is misquoting Trump on purpose.
— Paulo Moreira (@paulo_pnexus) May 16, 2019
Because he/she is really a little teenage girl inside, and well, they just can help but twist facts to make things out to be something they clearly not.
— Calvin Hunter (@chunter4444) May 16, 2019
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