Jim Acosta gets grief from all sides after Tide Pod hot take on the shutdown

“We are real news Mr. President,” he said:

? @Acosta on CNN just now: "This is turning into a Tide Pod kind of night. No one is willing to swallow a compromise"

— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) January 20, 2018

At least D.C. is coming together to groan at this hot take:

If @Acosta chews a tide pod on air, I’ll never bad mouth CNN again.

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 20, 2018

https://twitter.com/tonydwagner/status/954521594386309120

https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/954520590131527680

Jfc https://t.co/p2U8yp9p35

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) January 20, 2018

What a time to be alive. Or not, I guess. https://t.co/rmVdO7AYaW

— ana marie c?x (@anamariecox) January 20, 2018

I honestly can't tell if Acosta doesn't get the meme, or if he gets it better than all of us https://t.co/BH69whR8eE

— Nathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) January 20, 2018

That's … not a good analogy. https://t.co/pMw8Xn6BHi

— ? Gillian Brockell ? (@gbrockell) January 20, 2018

Jim. https://t.co/9r2rsiCRmU

— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) January 20, 2018

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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 19, 2018

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