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Life sucked for CNN's Jim Acosta in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday after a crowd of Trump supporters began chanting "CNN sucks" during a live broadcast between him and Wolf Blitzer.
President Donald Trump was speaking at a rally in support of gubernatorial candidate Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) when Acosta was heckled on air.
“They’re saying things like ‘CNN sucks,’ ‘go home,’ and ‘fake news,'” Acosta said to Blitzer.
“Wolf, obviously all of those things are false,” he continued. “We’re staying right here, we’re going to do our job and report on this rally to all of our viewers here tonight, Wolf.”
Here's how it went down:
Here's what people were saying on Twitter:
Another snapshot from Trump’s Tampa rally, I tried to take a picture with a father and his daughter while people ye… https://t.co/FjmJm7mnQV— Jim Acosta (@Jim Acosta) 1533130488
Jim Acosta Gets Heckled Ahead of Trump Rally (Again); Asserts It’s ‘False’ to Say ‘CNN Sucks’… https://t.co/vK9ILPV45w— MediaResearchCenter (@MediaResearchCenter) 1533074712
It's perfectly okay and understandable for any American to shout "CNN sucks" at a campaign event. But it's not oka… https://t.co/hswHLKA0WJ— Joe Walsh (@Joe Walsh) 1533129576
On Wednesday's episode of "The Morning Blaze," Doc Thompson called out CNN for pretending to operate as an honest broker when they're clearly not. He didn't feel sorry for CNN either.
Read the latest on this story here.
To see more from Doc, visit his channel on TheBlaze and listen live to “The Morning Blaze with Doc Thompson” weekdays 6 a.m. – 9 a.m. ET, only on TheBlaze Radio Network.
