On Thursday, CNN’s Jim Acosta took a trip to McAllen, Texas where he spoke to some of the locals about how they felt over Donald Trump’s anti-immigration talk.
He documented his trip on Twitter and even posted a video of a fence at the border where it showed no immigrants trying to break in or any sort of crisis as the Trump administration has been trying to push.
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. pic.twitter.com/KRoLdszLUu
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 10, 2019
After posting those videos on Twitter, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried to flip around Acosta’s words with her own tweet:
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! https://t.co/7wC4rdEsZ2
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) January 10, 2019
But Acosta wasn’t going to stand behind and let Sanders twist his words. He decided to fire back with his own tweet.
“While I’m glad she didn’t doctor this video, unfortunately, @PressSec is twisting the truth again. As we have been reporting today there are other sections of the border that don’t have walls or slats. Yet, the residents here feel safe,” he said.
While I’m glad she didn’t doctor this video, unfortunately @PressSec is twisting the truth again. As we have been reporting today there are other sections of the border that don’t have walls or slats. Yet, the residents here feel safe. https://t.co/ueGbuldSBb
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 10, 2019
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