Acosta made the unhinged demand during an episode of his podcast,The Jim Acosta Show, while speaking with Katie Couric.
If Trump begins criticizing or “trashing” members of the press corps, as he has every right to do after years of relentless fake news and hoaxes, not to mention that the dinner is traditionally something of a roast, Acosta declared the proper response is a mass walkout.
“I think if Trump starts doing that, the reporters in the room should walk the f-ck out! They should get up and leave!” Acosta raged.
“Will they, though? They won’t,” Couric replied.
The disgraced has-been framed the tantrum as some noble stand for the First Amendment, insisting journalists must “stand up for something and stand up for our profession.”
Acosta warned that simply sitting there while Trump speaks would make the media look complicit, adding that Trump is intentionally putting them in a no-win situation to expose their bias.
Acosta complained about reports that Trump plans to leave early, before saying, “And if folks are sitting there laughing at Trump trashing this anchor or this correspondent or this news organization, it’s just going to look terrible. I think he’s done this intentionally to put the media in a position where they can sort of be a part of his media strategy, which is to attack the press.”
The meltdown comes as President Trump prepares to attend the annual black-tie gala for the first time during his current term, breaking his long-standing boycott of the self-congratulatory “Nerd Prom” event, which has long been criticized as an elitist insider party where the press corps rubs elbows with the very power it claims to scrutinize.
Some WHCA members are planning a symbolic silent protest, wearing First Amendment-themed pocket squares and lapel pins featuring the text of the Constitution’s free press protections.
But Acosta and others want far more drama.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
