CNN Anchor Ends Interview With Trump Aide

CNN anchor Jim Acosta abruptly ended an interview with Corey Lewandowski Wednesday after the longtime political adviser to Donald Trump repeatedly mispronounced Kamala Harris’ identify.

Lewandowski, who appeared on CNN Newsroom, mispronounced Vice President Harris’ identify all through the interview, a tactic used by a number of MAGA insiders and Trump himself, regardless of Acosta’s a number of attempts to correct the conservative political strategist.

“Corey, you’ve been on this enterprise a very long time. I feel you’re a mature grown-up. It’s Ka-ma-la Harris. Are you able to simply say Kamala?” the CNN anchor asked, to which Lewandowski refused.

“Jim, are you able to admit that 13,099 murderers got here into this nation?” the Trump aide shot again, incorrectly citing a statistic concerning the variety of noncitizens convicted of homicide within the U.S., earlier than Acosta reduce him off, and ended the interview.

“I recognize you approaching,” the anchor stated unenthusiastically. “Possibly we’ll have you ever again.”

The pair’s heated change started on the onset of Lewandowski’s look on the present as Acosta challenged him on false claims about a number of matters together with Haitian migrants consuming pets and the 2020 election made by each the previous president and JD Vance.

In 2016, Lewandowski was fired by Trump’s marketing campaign after being arrested for allegedly grabbing and bruising the arm of a reporter. Nevertheless, these expenses had been dropped because of inadequate proof.

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