Politics - News Analysis

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Tries To Troll CNN’s Jim Acosta on Twitter — Fails Miserably

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders attempted to bring the snark to Twitter on Thursday, but per usual, she failed miserably.

Sanders tweeted, “When I went with President @realDonaldTrump to the border today I never imagined @Acosta would be there doing our job for us and so clearly explaining why WALLS WORK. Thanks Jim!”

The video in question has been mocked by conservatives all day.

CNN’s Jim Acosta described the scene at the southern border as “tranquil” where part of a physical barrier is already in place ahead of Donald Trump’s visit. The White House correspondent, who often butts heads with Trump, showed the steel slats at the McAllen, Texas, area of the border in a video posted to Twitter and said that he did not see any sort of activity “resembling a national emergency situation.”

Conservatives seemed to believe that Acosta’s video proved that “walls work.”

Acosta’s response was perfect:

Twitter had some thoughts:

Comments

Comments are currently closed.