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I must be living in a sit-com.

CNN’s Jim Acosta mocked for accidentally proving that border walls work.

'House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might want to confiscate someone’s selfie stick.
CNN’s Jim Acosta was mocked across social media on Thursday for posting a video that was
meant to downplay President Trump's claims of a border crisis --but ended up supporting his
argument that border barriers improve security.



“Here are some of the steel slats that the president’s been talking about,” Acosta said while
reporting from the southern border. “But as we’re walking along here, we’re not seeing any
kind of imminent danger.

The CNN reporter added, “There are no migrants trying to rush toward this fence.”

Acosta then declared there was “no sign of the national emergency that the president has been
talking about” and it was “tranquil” near him. He captioned the video, “I found some steel slats
down on the border. But I don’t see anything resembling a national emergency situation..
at least not in the McAllen TX area of the border where Trump will be today.”

CNN’s chief White House correspondent –who seemingly uploaded the video from a local Burger
King –is in Texas awaiting Trump’s border visit. While Acosta often clashes with the president and
his aides, pundits suggested he did the president a favor this time.

Media watchdogs were quick to point out that the CNN reporter’s video helps prove Trump’s point
that a wall or barrier along the Southern border could help prevent illegal border crossings.

Others swiping at Acosta included one of his former CNN colleagues Peter Hamby...'

SOURCE:

Caleb Hull
@CalebJHull
 Jim Acosta just posted one of the biggest self owns ever.

He's walking along the border where there's a wall in place talking about how there's
nothing that "resembles a national emergency situation" and "there's no migrants
trying to rush."
That's because there's a wall, Jim.

Jerry Dunleavy
@JerryDunleavy “Walls work.”— Jim @Acosta

Jake Wilkins
@JakeWilkns
 So where there are steel slats, there isn't an emergency crisis. Got it.

Stephen Miller
@redsteez
 Er, you found a place where there is a barrier and all is quiet?
Jim, do you know what point you're actually making here?

Ryan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra
 Acosta making videos for the Trump administration showing the effectiveness of border
barriers:

Jim Acosta
@Acosta
All quiet on this stretch of the border ahead of Trump’s visit to McAllen TX area.

Peter Hamby
@PeterHamby
 I am *shocked* that a glib video, customized for re-tweets and filmed in broad daylight along
one of the more secure parts of the RGV by a reporter who parachuted in for the day, did not
reveal anything dramatic.

David Martosko
@dmartosko
Jim Acosta is at the border, showing that orgainzed, aggressive challenges to the U.S. border
aren't happening at a place where there's a giant steel wall.

Brad Parscale
@parscale
 I would like to thank @Acosta for pointing out how peaceful, safe and secure it is at a part of
the border that HAS a wall. #RealNews #BuildTheWall

Harry Khachatrian
@Harry1T6
One day we’ll look back and remember that time Jim Acosta tried proving that the American
border doesn’t need a wall by showing how safe the part of the American border that already
has a wall is.

Amanda House
@AmandaLeeHouse
 Jim Acosta makes a case for the wall.

Ryan Petty
@rpetty
 Where @acosta inadvertently proves @realDonaldTrump point and demonstrates that walls
actually work.

Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro
 It's almost as though having steel slats might help prevent illegal immigration where you're
filming, dolt.