This weekend, GOP Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy sparred with CNN’s Jim Acosta over the struggling 24/7 information community’s protection of GOP rival former President Donald Trump.
In a back-and-forth alternate wherein Mr. Acosta tried to color Mr. Trump as diminishing the terrorist assaults towards Israel final month over an announcement made about imprisoned January 6 protesters, Mr. Ramaswamy deftly illustrated the hypocrisy of the left-wing information channel.
The timing of their dialog couldn’t have been higher with the pro-Palestinian protest in Washington, D.C., the place “peaceable protesters” vandalized monuments and companies and tried to scale the gates of the White Home.
As normal, CNN’s Jim Acosta seemed misplaced and defeated after this brief alternate with Vivek Ramaswamy.
CNN’s Jim Acosta will get TRIGGERED by Vivek Ramaswamy: “Let me be clear about what’s irresponsible because it pertains to protection of Donald Trump. From the Russia collusion hoax that by no means was, to the Hunter Biden Laptop computer story… I feel the actual accountability right here belongs to the media” pic.twitter.com/uAMTF58N6x
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 5, 2023
Just one form of hostage
CNN’s Jim Acosta questioned Vivek Ramaswamy on his ideas relating to former President and fellow GOP Presidential candidate hopeful Donald Trump’s remarks relating to the January sixth protesters imprisoned by the federal authorities.
The previous President said at a marketing campaign occasion in Houston, “I name them the J6 hostages, not prisoners.”
Mr. Ramaswamy told Mr. Acosta:
“I feel many peaceable protesters on January 6 ought to completely not be in jail. We now have a twin normal of justice on this nation.”
This prompted Mr. Acosta to ask this non-related query:
“Isn’t that irresponsible to name them hostages with what’s occurring in Israel proper now?”
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Apparently, the phrase “hostage” is now solely allowed to explain the over 200 taken by the Hamas terrorists on October 7 in Israel? The try to relate Donald Trump’s help of the January 6 protesters as equal to diminishing what occurred in Israel is irresponsible in and of itself – except for being full and whole nonsense.
Nonetheless, Mr. Ramaswamy made certain to carry a mirror as much as the CNN anchor’s face.
Home Speaker Mike Johnson is already shifting ahead with the approval course of handy over January 6 movies.
Who else likes him greater than Kevin McCarthy already? pic.twitter.com/MDa3j5kyLY
— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) November 4, 2023
Irresponsible protection
Vivek Ramaswamy defined to Jim Acosta that those that stay in glass homes shouldn’t throw stones, declaring the constant irresponsible conduct of his information community:
“Jim, let me simply be actually clear about what’s irresponsible because it pertains to protection of Donald Trump.”
Mr. Ramaswamy goes on to offer two excellent examples:
“…from the Russia Trump – Russia collusion hoax that by no means was, to the Hunter Biden laptop computer story that was truly actual earlier than individuals earlier than the election had been advised that it was false.”
Abilio “Jim” @Acosta actually is a propaganda whore.
“Your group?”
You imply the unindicted co-conspirator within the Holy Land Basis terrorist-financing trial?
That group? https://t.co/pku3ok21tT
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) November 6, 2023
Mr. Acosta didn’t have a response to those examples due to the embarrassing undeniable fact that as an alternative of cornering Mr. Ramaswamy with a milquetoast ‘gotcha’ query, he was schooled with a basic Vivek ‘gotcha’ response.
As a substitute, Mr. Acosta tried to pivot again to the January 6 protesters nonetheless sitting in jail, to which Vivek replied:
“My view is in the event you’re utilizing one normal of political prosecution for any individual as a result of they’ve political opinions completely different from your individual, that’s not justice.”
How proper Mr. Ramaswamy is, and the examples of our justice system’s duality are all over the place.
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OK for some, not others
Some on the left have stated that what occurred on January 6 was akin to, if not worse than, the assaults on Pearl Harbor and September 11. And but, the left is uncomfortably silent in relation to different current protests which have introduced destruction and havoc.
This weekend, tens of hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters descended on the nation’s capital. Because the day went on into the night, monuments and locations of enterprise had been vandalized with graffiti, damaged glass, and Palestinian flags.
Moreover, footage may very well be seen on X of protesters making an attempt to scale the fence of the White Home and protecting one of many gates with pretend blood. Up to now, just one individual has been arrested.
If you’re skilled to note subtleties, you may detect an ever-so-slight distinction in how company media discuss left-wing protests versus right-wing protests. https://t.co/1cXx851xrs
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 6, 2023
Throughout the Black Lives Matter riots that destroyed main cities, triggered the loss of life of harmless civilians, and destroyed the livelihoods of numerous enterprise house owners, then-Vice President nominee Kamala Harris said:
“Nothing that we’ve achieved that has been about progress, particularly round civil rights, has come with out a combat, and so I all the time am going to interpret these protests as an integral part of evolution in our nation – as an integral part of a mark of an actual democracy.”
It was irresponsible of Kamala Harris to say these phrases in the course of the riots, and it was equally as irresponsible of CNN to not name her on it. However then once more, according to CNN, these had been “fiery however largely peaceable” protests.
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