Jim Acosta isn’t content with being in front of CNN’s camera — he wants to be in front of all the others, too.
Fresh off a court victory requiring the White House to give the CNN Chief White House Correspondent his press pass back, Acosta twice appeared before the media to gloat about the win.
The reporter, whom some are calling a pundit for his self-serving antics, first went before the cameras to deliver a short statement.
"Let's go back to work."
CNN White House Correspondent Jim Acosta thanks colleagues, judge following decision ordering White House to immediately restore his press pass. https://t.co/HbZpqXTmEK pic.twitter.com/N73GEw9q3n
— ABC News (@ABC) November 16, 2018
“Everybody, thanks for coming,” Acosta said. “I just want to say something very briefly and that is I want to thank all of my colleagues in the press who supported us this week, and I want to thank the judge for the decision he made today.
“And let’s go back to work!” he ended as an awkward silence lingered.
After he was on the White House grounds, he couldn’t help but smirk and grin as he strutted over to his colleagues.
“Hi guys,” Acosta said.
“Welcome back!” a reporter yelled back.
“Do you guys want to ask a question?” he asked, making himself the story, “Or I can just tell you: I just want to say that I’m very grateful for what happened today.”
.@CNN's Jim @Acosta returns to the White House after his press pass was temporarily reinstated after a federal judge ordered it's return by the White House. pic.twitter.com/zk8ICIw98w
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 16, 2018
Photographers rushed over to get a snap of their colleague.
“Go back to work, we’ll keep on doing our jobs,” he said.
Another video shows the media mob covering Acosta walking into the building:
Since politics is wrestling now I went ahead and remix’d Jim Acosta’s entrance back into the White House today… pic.twitter.com/plZBRNvirh
— Teklai (@Teklai_) November 16, 2018
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