Marjorie Taylor Greene Leaves Jim Acosta Stammering After He Confronts Her With a False Narrative – Opinion

CNN is laser-focused on January 6, even though Americans worry about other issues such as inflation and the border problem. Jim Acosta, an actor and hack who rose to fame during Trump’s presidency, attempted to confront Marjorie Taylor Greene regarding a text message that she claimed to have sent about martial law.

What followed was one of the better takedowns I’ve seen this year, with Greene taking apart Acosta’s narrative, making him actually read the text message in question (which he’s been misrepresenting), and leaving the CNN host stammering about how she’s “defensive.”

It is well worth your time. You should see it all.

People lie about me, Jim. It’s a disgusting thing. @Acosta.

Although I wish to have positive thoughts about the media, they are so bad that it is making me sick. pic.twitter.com/jSOUPK9RM4

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) April 28, 2022

Acosta’s poor job performance is the first thing I notice about his story. He tries to play the “tough guy” journalist, and just comes across as pathetic. He clearly didn’t do his research, or he expected Greene to have not done hers. It is important to be able to answer all questions in one place if you have to face such a situation. Acosta didn’t.

So, what’s the substance here? Well, there’s a text message that Greene allegedly sent (though, she hasn’t confirmed it was hers) that the media have been spinning as a direct call for martial law. In reality, the text says “I do not know” in regards to what was mentioned. Acosta was trying to find Greene. She made Greene read the text loud to her and proved his framing to be false.

That’s when the CNN host begins to stammer on about how defensive she is, having had his talking point blown up. That’s an incredibly weak response, though. When you get proven wrong about something, to come back with “well, why are you being so defensive” is bush league. He was left to fish again because it showed that Acosta didn’t have an argument. Greene, to her credit, didn’t take the bait and kept pushing back to the point where he couldn’t do anything but talk himself in circles.

In summary, Acosta continues to believe he’s far more capable than he is. As Ben Shapiro says, “find you someone who loves you as much as Jim Acosta loves himself.” That’s what makes this all the funnier. He’s so clearly out of his depth, having been inexplicably elevated because he asked stupidly biased questions to Trump, and now he’s left following around marginal congresswomen, misrepresenting the facts. Acosta is expected to become one of the casualties when CNN starts its purge under its new leader.