White House spokeswoman warns CNN: Ask Trump a question, it could cost you

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/CNN

The White House's top spokesperson had a warning for a CNN reporter on Tuesday: Ask President Trump a question at an event you're about to attend, and you may not be allowed into similar events.

The strange moment came before a presidential bill signing ceremony in the morning. Events like that often include what's known as a "pool spray," a brief opportunity for a small group of reporters and photographers to take photos and, when possible, ask questions. The White House "pool" is comprised of a few members of the press corps who are assigned on a rotating basis to cover presidential events and file reports to be used by other media outlets when it would be impractical for the entire press corps to attend those events. When journalists are on pool duty, they are working not just on behalf of themselves and their employers but for all the journalists and outlets that receive pool reports.

On Tuesday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders gave CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta, who had drawn pool duty, an unusual warning.

Pose a question to Trump at the pool spray after the bill signing, Sanders told Acosta, and "I can't promise you will be allowed into a pool spray again."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-spokeswoman-warns-cnn-ask-trump-a-question-it-could-cost-you/ar-BBGFr1X?li=BBnb7Kz

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How dare reporters shout questions at a politician!?!? Like who does that? Has anyone ever heard of that ever being considered okay?

[marylandblue]

1. Whatever. He never says anything worthwhile anyway.

[maddiemom]

25. I disagree.

Nevertheless, he persists.

[C Moon]

2. Sounds like Trump is on edge. Woo hoo!!!!

[dhill926]

3. Fascism on the march...

we gotta be able to stop this shit...

[yuiyoshida]

29. my exact thought

[LuckyLib]

4. Bullying BS. The WH press corps needs to leave the Dumpster and his "spokesperson" twisting in the

wind by walking out on these ridiculous sessions.

[JohnnyRingo]

5. She's such a good Christian.

Can domesticated lap dogs be Christians?

I usually watch the pressers to see what color lipstick Trump is wearing on his ass that day.

[onetexan]

19. The woman looks like she's the product of inbreeding

And lies like her boss.

[haele]

24. To me it looks as if she was whacked by her brothers a few times growing up.

Probably to keep her in her place. For all the smarmy Jesus talk, that family doesn't seem to understand the concept of Mercy or Kindness. "Weak Emotions" are probably purged early as sins.

If she wasn't such a lying hypocrite, I'd probably feel sorry for her.

Haele

[maddiemom]

26. No need to feel sorry for her.

I've never seen anyone who is more obviously 100% self-satisfied.

[lisby]

33. Just a kind nudge

If Trump had just tweeted that about comment about her looks addressing any female, we'd be up in arms here. A woman's mind or soul is not reflected in her body. If we are going to call them on it, we have to call ourselves.

[onetexan]

34. i would be kinder to her, except it wouldn't make a difference

given she dishes out lies and nastiness like its nobody's business. Thanks for the nudge but it wasn't solicited.

[BigmanPigman]

6. The press and media should boycott all pressers, events, etc.

If he doesn't get 1,000,000,000% of all of the attention from everyone all of the time he throws a little hissy fit...big baby. Boycott him before he has the chance to kick you out or even threatens to do so. He can use Fux Ruse and RT as his propaganda puppets and they can attend his BS media circus events all by themselves.

[Irish_Dem]

8. My thoughts too. Let Trump throw them all out. And he gets zero coverage.

Or the press boycotts like you say.

The orange squirrel will go nuts with no media attention.

[LiberalLovinLug]

9. Especially if Twitter also cut him off

He's go bat shit cray

[Scarsdale]

11. Too late

he was nuts long before this fiasco.

[Irish_Dem]

17. I am fairly certain he is going to become more crazy. nt

[Irish_Dem]

16. He'd probably shut down Twitter if they cut him off.

But yes I wonder what he would do if he could no longer tweet.
I think you are right, he would melt down more than he already has...

Tweeting is like his safety valve.

[yuiyoshida]

30. I would love to see him try and shut down twitter

it would be the last thing he would ever do..

[Irish_Dem]

32. Taking down twitter would be the final straw....

And to think I don't even have a twitter account.
I have never twittered or tweeted.

[Hekate]

7. Touchy, touchy

[rpannier]

10. Even Reagan lived for those things

He'd smile and pretend he couldn't hear over the dynne of something or he'd smile and move on
Trump isn't even that smart

[Scarsdale]

12. He could not understand

since Alzheimers had already affected him.

[rickford66]

13. Acosta should shout out a "complement" ... like "Nice tie sir"

[Rollo]

20. Or, maybe, "Your hair looks good today, Mr. President"...

[Judi Lynn]

23. Congrats on the assist with that Marine's hat, sir:

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[yuiyoshida]

31. I hope that marine got another hat...

that one is now tainted.

[hamsterjill]

14. Acosta responded that he would not be intimidated.

And I believe he asked a question, which Trump (of course) ignored. Is that correct????

Love Jim Acosta!

[Turbineguy]

15. The problem is there are no good questions to ask.

"After you were beatified by the Pope, what did you have for lunch?"

Just not the sort of question you can ask somebody like Trump. With trump, topics run to cheating people, syphilis and gonorrhea.

[PatrickforO]

22. LOL, "Sir, is it true you have just entered the tertiary stages of

syphilis?"

"Sir, what is the latest count of people you've infected with gonorrhea?"

"Sir, how many will have to die as a result of the tax scam before you're happy with it?"

[SCVDem]

18. Calling Sam Donaldson! nt

[Cold War Spook]

21. Neither the President nor his news secretary

pick who is in the pool, it is done by the news organizations. And since it is a pool, all news organizations get the same reports. Maybe someone will give her a copy of the Constitution. Doesn't she care that her statement makes her look like the idiot she is?

[Deb]

27. So then, the press is not obligated to get his message out?

This reader/watcher can live with that.