Jim Acosta

[Belsnickel]

(11-08-2018, 06:55 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Sure he did. He chose not to surrender the mic when simply asked to do so. Believe it or not: If you are in close proximity of POTUS and don't do willingly as instructed, someone may help you out and it is 100% your fault, not theirs for doing their job. 

He made the conscious decision to not end the line of questioning simply when asked to do so numerous times.

And she made the conscious decision to make physical contact. That was her choice, not his.

(11-08-2018, 06:55 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Usually when someone only quotes a portion of my response I assume they've conceded the other.

Did you have other options besides standing for the anthem?

Were you forced to stand?

I stopped engaging in this conversation because at most it is a false equivalency and at least it is a failure to recognize your own cognitive dissonance. Unless you're like me and just argue points you don't necessarily agree with from time to time.

(11-08-2018, 07:10 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Again, first 2 times she held out her hand and he pushed it away. So Yes he did chose to make it confrontational by not giving up the mic.
Her hand was above his on the mic, she only touched him as he was refusing to give up the mic and karate chopped her arm.
Was this enough on it's own to get him kicked from Future Conferences? No, but his aggressive behavior has been noted multiple times now and that is more than enough to have him banned. Him being physical (intentional/unintentional) with the intern is just icing on the cake.

While I was watching the live feed, and from what I saw in videos after, he didn't push her away but leaned away from her. They made contact with each other at the same time. She grabbed his hand and his hand, which was out stretched already, made a movement to push her arm off of his hand.