Jim Acosta calls birthright citizenship EO and troops sent to the border a 'stunt'

Greg P. | 9:41 AM on October 30, 2018

And now we have “we are real news, Mr. President” Jim Acosta, whose job it is for CNN to report the news, tell us just what he thinks of the news this morning that President Trump is planning an executive order to end birthright citizenship:

The founders set up the constitution so the president can’t do what he’s proposing to do with birthright citizenship. It’s a stunt, like sending the troops to a border for a non-existent invasion.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 30, 2018

Maybe Sarah Sanders should open the daily press briefing to other opinion columnists because it’s not fair that only CNN gets to have one asking questions.

As to whether or not these are stunts or not, President Trump has had this view since at least 2015:

Note that Trump–and several other GOP candidates–was urging an end to birthright citizenship in 2015. https://t.co/ytTaTTTjbq

— Jess Bravin (@JessBravin) October 30, 2018

And as we told you earlier, the troops to the border look to be in support of the tent cities President Trump said will house asylum seeker while they await hearings:

Trump says that he is going to hold the caravan's asylum seekers in "tent cities," not buildings: "We're going to put tents up all over the place. We're not going to build structures…we're going to have tents."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 30, 2018