{"id":63181,"date":"2017-01-13T15:15:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T19:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=63181"},"modified":"2017-01-13T15:15:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T19:15:27","slug":"texas-republican-says-cnn-should-fire-jim-acosta-for-being-disrespectful-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=63181","title":{"rendered":"Texas Republican says CNN should fire Jim Acosta for being disrespectful to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Sara Gonzales<br \/>\nThe Blaze<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_63182\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AP_311866328538-1280x720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63182\" class=\"size-large wp-image-63182\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AP_311866328538-1280x720-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AP_311866328538-1280x720-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AP_311866328538-1280x720-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AP_311866328538-1280x720-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AP_311866328538-1280x720.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Security guards walk past the entrance to CNN headquarters in Atlanta. (AP\/David Goldman)<\/p><\/div>\n<article id=\"post-1216537\" class=\"single article post-1216537 post type-post status-publish format-image has-post-thumbnail category-government tag-cnn tag-donald-trump tag-fake-news tag-jim-acosta tag-media-bias tag-randy-weber tag-texas post_format-post-format-image channel-theblaze-news\" data-feed-type=\"story\">\n<div class=\"entry-content article-styles\">\n<p>Texas state\u00a0Rep. Randy Weber drew harsh criticism Thursday when he suggested CNN senior White House reporter Jim Acosta should be fired for his recent tense exchange with President-elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Acosta engaged in a heated interaction Wednesday during Trump\u2019s first press conference since winning the election. After Trump harshly criticized CNN for their coverage of documents detailing alleged Russian intelligence on Trump, Acosta was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/2017\/01\/11\/watch-in-press-conference-trump-slams-cnn-refuses-to-take-question-from-cnn-reporter\/\">shot down by Trump<\/a> as he attempted to ask a follow-up question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re fake news,\u201d Trump told Acosta as he moved on to another reporter. \u201cDon\u2019t be rude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weber, a Republican from Texas House District 14 near Houston, opined that Acosta should be fired for his \u201cdisrespectful\u201d behavior toward the president-elect. He also said Acosta should be \u201cprohibited from any press briefings.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The CNN reporter who was disruptive to the press briefing, &amp; disrespectful to Trump-should be fired &amp; prohibited from any press briefings.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Randy Weber (@TXRandy14) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TXRandy14\/status\/819531942605557760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>CNN host Jake Tapper responded to the statement on Twitter by quoting one of the country\u2019s founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;The only security of all is in a free press.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>Jefferson to Lafayette, 1823. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1dqQdtfcio\">https:\/\/t.co\/1dqQdtfcio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaketapper\/status\/819564783066316801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-footer \"><\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/2017\/01\/12\/texas-republican-says-cnn-should-fire-jim-acosta-for-being-disrespectful-to-trump\/\">http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/2017\/01\/12\/texas-republican-says-cnn-should-fire-jim-acosta-for-being-disrespectful-to-trump\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}