Marco Rubio: It's a 'very slippery slope' to revoke Jim Acosta's pass, but he's an 'activist, not a journalist'

Sen. Marco Rubio weighed in on the White House revocation of CNN’s Jim Acosta’s credentials, saying the White House shouldn’t have done it and it’s a “very slippery slope.” But the Florida Republican also called out Acosta for being an “activist, not a journalist,” which sound 100% right to us:

I don’t think they should revoke his WH pass. Revoking press access for being rude is a very slippery slope.

But the WH pass is to cover the news,not make yourself the news. This tweet & his behavior is what you expect from an activist,not a journalist. https://t.co/QyzYyG9aqc

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 8, 2018

Sen. Rubio was responding to this tweet where Acosta accused the White House of lying:

Don’t believe the lies coming from the WH. Believe in our freedoms. Thank you all for your support. We won’t back down. ?? #1A

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 8, 2018

And as we told you earlier this morning, the latest attack on the White House is that the video Sarah Sanders shared last night to defend taking away Acosta’s pass doctored to make the move look more aggressive than it was:

This video is doctored. It's slowed down and then sped up at the moment Acosta's hand comes down to make it look like he's doing a karate chop or something. This is shameful propaganda. It's Orwellian. https://t.co/in8m3iHn18

— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) November 8, 2018

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