Bill Clinton spokesman: White House pulling Acosta's pass 'an abuse of power'

[workinclasszero]

BY AVERY ANAPOL - 11/08/18 07:44 AM EST

Joe Lockhart, who served as a spokesman for former President Bill Clinton, blasted the Trump administration for pulling CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass.

In a tweet Wednesday night, Lockhart called the decision to suspend Acosta’s White House access an “abuse of power.”

“The ‘hard pass’ that WH reporters [have] are used as a security tool for the WH,” Lockhart tweeted. “Reporters who are vetted are allowed access that most reporters don't have. Those passes are not designed as a tool to pick the reporters you like or punish those you don't. This is an abuse of power.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/415664-bill-clinton-spokesman-on-white-house-pulling-acostas-pass-this-is-an-abuse-of

[mathewgeorge]

1. So much for a free press.

This is exactly something a dictator would do.

[workinclasszero]

2. Yup

But the MSM will let Trump off the hook like they always do.

Now if it was a dem president there would be hell to pay and IMPEACH banners on every newscast!