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watoos

(7,142 posts)
4. Wasn't there a deadline for Trump to sanction Saudi Arabia over this?
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 09:48 AM
Nov 2018

Someone needs to hold this man accountable. We knew that SA planned to kidnap the journalist and we never warned him. Democrats need to keep pushing this, doing nothing makes us accomplices.

FakeNoose

(32,641 posts)
12. Well there's this
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 12:02 PM
Nov 2018
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142198946

I can't tell if was done as a sanction for Khashoggi or not. But we've stopped refueling Saudi planes that are bombing Yemen, as of yesterday.

SunSeeker

(51,564 posts)
8. Acosta did not brush her aside. That was a doctored video. She assaulted him.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 11:47 AM
Nov 2018

She reached in between his arms while he was gesticulating and made contact with his arms. Sarah Sanders's video was sped up to make it look like Acosta dropped his arm down sharply to push her hand away, but he did not. He was just pointing at Trump then lowered his arm.

She reached in through his arms and grabbed the microphone. The microphone in Acosta's hand was an extension of his body, under the law. The fact that she side grabbed and reached in to Acosta's personal space makes her the assaulter and Acosta the assaulted.

FakeNoose

(32,641 posts)
10. Correct, Acosta's hand never left the microphone, he didn't touch her
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 11:55 AM
Nov 2018

The intern may have inadvertently touched him, but her goal was to get the mike.

I believe that Trump had some kind of "safe" word to indicate that he didn't want to answer questions from a particular reporter. It might have been the half whistle, or something else. He clearly gave the intern a signal to grab the mike from Acosta, and she jumped into action.

17. An intern would not take such a drastic action on her own without direct orders from a superior.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 10:51 PM
Nov 2018

Especially in this WH.

She literally sprung into action while Acosta was talking. Attempting to grab the microphone from a reporter's hand is unprecedented, even for this WH.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
20. Exactly, SunSeeker!
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 05:20 AM
Nov 2018

And, some people were aghast at Michelle Wolf calling out Sanders at the WHCD.. 'cause eye makeup or something.

calimary

(81,304 posts)
15. And it was a doctored video from some lovely knuckledragger
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 03:36 PM
Nov 2018

involved with the delightful Alex Jones and his equally delightful Infowars.





Fuckers.

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