Gingrich: Reporter who confronted Trump should be ‘benched’

Posted by | January 12, 2017 16:17 | Filed under: Media/Show Business News Behaving Badly Politics

Newt Gingrich wants CNN’s Jim Acosta “benched.”

Asked by the TMZ reporter about Trump’s first press conference going awry with regards to the media, Gingrich countered, “What went wrong? A reporter was an idiot. Trump pointed out he was an idiot. Most people in the country thought he was an idiot. I thought from Trump’s standpoint it was fine.”

It’s not clear how Gingrich figured out what “most people in the country” thought about the incident, since there’s not polling to reflect national opinion on the relative intelligence of CNN reporter Jim Acosta. Gingrich then suggested that Acosta be banned for sixty days. Acosta “needs to be benched for a couple of weeks.”

 

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12 responses to Gingrich: Reporter who confronted Trump should be ‘benched’

  1. Jack E Raynbeau January 12th, 2017 at 16:32

    Most people in the country? To listen to them you would think that Orange got 90% of the vote.

  2. Suzanne McFly January 12th, 2017 at 16:42

    Well I am glad we all aren’t jellyfish like gingrich. I have a backbone and I will not standby as the orange blob tries to destroy the country I love.

  3. amersham1046 January 12th, 2017 at 17:00

    OMG, the nerve of those reporters, asking questions at a press conference

  4. mistlesuede January 12th, 2017 at 17:45

    While our free press is under attack by this a-hole, Vladmir Trump and his teabag team and followers, today RT was broadcast on a C-Span channel for over ten minutes while Maxine Waters was discussing the SEC.
    I did not choose to live in Russia.

  5. Hirightnow January 12th, 2017 at 18:30

    Newt, in a just world, should be relegated to the pages of history under the heading “Lying bastards who were skinned alive for betraying their Christian commitments to their wives and country…
    Not that anyone should ever advocate this…not at all.

  6. Warman1138 January 12th, 2017 at 20:05

    Nothing like belittling, mocking and silencing a free press…..demagoguery 101.

    • granpa.usthai January 13th, 2017 at 00:46

      snake oil selling at it’s finest.

  7. Mensa Member January 13th, 2017 at 00:05

    How about benching one of the worst politicians and pundits in modern times?

  8. bpollen January 13th, 2017 at 04:14

    Questions? Da noive! Why, I oughta…

  9. Foundryman January 13th, 2017 at 09:59

    It’s little wonder that Gingrich and all the republicans would feel this way. He’s afraid the media will turn on him. They know what the media needs to do is stop being so nice to Trump and start returning the respect he gives. Which is of course none. They need to call a lie a lie and a liar a liar.

  10. Charlie Seivard January 13th, 2017 at 12:28

    He should sainted.

  11. Bunya January 13th, 2017 at 14:41

    Newt, you’re fat ugly loser and your wife only married you for your money.
    Hey, I’m not being sarcastic or mean. I’m just being honest here – like the president-elect.

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