The video shared by SHS was a converted from the original, and lost frames. As I pointed out in this post, the version SHS was deliberately used was not the official WH feed, which is what she should have used. When you put them side by side, you can clearly see the intern putting her arm in the way of Acosta’s already moving arm. There was no chop/attack/assault.
From what I see, Acosta used his left arm to block and push the intern away from the mike that was in his right hand.
This situation is similar to that of Corey Lewandowski, former Trump campaign adviser who appeared to hold a reporter briefly during campaign appearance back in 2016. Here is the video of that incident.
What happened in that case? Local police arrested and charged Lewandowski with assault, but charges were later dropped because the incident did not meet the legal definition of a crime. Lewandowski seemed to lose influence and left the Trump campaign three months after the incident and went to work with CNN. CNN had no problem with hiring Lewandowski and now at least one CNN commentator is demanding a boycott of the president’s news conference.
I recall being at a party in college and witnessing a couple having a heated argument. At one point the guy slammed his hand on a table near the girl, and three of us stepped in and walked him out.
I’m far from a tough guy, and this was our reaction.
That’s why I’m so disappointed that the president, his staff, the Secret Service all witnessed this brutality and stood by in the room and watched, doing nothing to stop the vicious assault.
I was a Trump supporter, but I’m not sure if I can continue supporting a man who watches a woman be physically intimidated and does nothing to stop it.
The question for you is how you can support a leader of the free world who witnessed a woman being physically intimidated and just stands at his podium.