If you’re one of the people who didn’t tune into Jim Acosta’s “Democracy in Peril” special series this week — and chances are that you’re one of those people, because next to nobody is actually watching this thing — you missed a hell of a scorching-hot take from our pal Jimothy during a convo with the illustrious writer Molly Jong-Fast:
CNN's @Acosta characterized Virginia as "a Soviet-style police state across the Potomac from Washington." pic.twitter.com/Agry747pmf
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) January 26, 2022
He didn’t really say that … did he?
Of course he did:
Jim Acosta thinks that Virginia has become "a Soviet-style police state" pic.twitter.com/UmgFTyRIgR
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 26, 2022
Sounds just as stupid the second time you hear it.
Whenever Jim Acosta is the second-nuttiest person in a two-person conversation… https://t.co/4b8uGq30IC
— jeremysenderowicz (@senderowiczj) January 26, 2022
We don’t even want to know what Molly Jong-Fast had to say, honestly. Jim’s crazy enough on his own. So we’ll just focus on him.
https://twitter.com/GPollowitz/status/1486363541724618755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1486363541724618755%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Faction%3Deditpost%3D2125405
https://twitter.com/GPollowitz/status/1486364563616542725
Periodic reminder that @Acosta believes the "soviet style police state" is the one where parents may choose whether or not muzzle their children vs having the state force them to at gunpoint. https://t.co/zPkkcSo6En
— Upstate Federalist (@upstatefederlst) January 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/DanIsett/status/1486361316302467078
https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/1486361446858563600
https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/1486362285618647047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1486362285618647047%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Faction%3Deditpost%3D2125405
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength" – George Orwell
This guy's just running with it: https://t.co/kk8zk53z0u
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) January 26, 2022
It’s a dangerous time to tell the truth in America … so Jim Acosta’s just going to lie instead.
Meanwhile… it’s starting to actually be a Free State now. https://t.co/6y9Ue8jxxZ
— BiasedGirl (@BiasedGirl) January 26, 2022
It’s called freedom
— Ryan (@alwaysonoffense) January 26, 2022
Fact check: The Soviet-style police state is in show your papers DC
Virginia is the freedom side of the river. https://t.co/aJVvHzqD1k
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) January 26, 2022
lol the irony of DC demanding people show medical papers & photo ID to enter a restaurant but Jim Acosta describing free Virginia as a "soviet style police state" https://t.co/8Msn75EWmO
— Abigail Marone 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) January 26, 2022
We’re honestly not sure what Acosta’s so bent out of shape about. If anything, given the amount of propaganda he regularly spews, he should feel right at home in a Soviet-style police state. Propaganda was super-popular there!
Oh ffs https://t.co/r3G9CILQUH
— Kristi (@TheyCallMeNans) January 26, 2022
Instead of 4 Pinnochios, this gets 🤡🤡🤡🤡https://t.co/Zxdt9H6Jf6
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) January 26, 2022
Cringe and unhinged https://t.co/kut44h7n2v
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) January 26, 2022
Do people think rhetoric like this is helpful or enlightening? Is this informing viewers on the news of the day? https://t.co/khekTmhOmN
— Alicia Smith (@Alicia_Smith19) January 26, 2022
No. It’s flexing. The creepy kind, with lots of weird faces and grunts.
Jim is not a serious person. https://t.co/cP5ao3Gjdd
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) January 26, 2022
Go ahead and file that under “Not-Breaking News.”
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1486359379284742150
Well then apparently he’s not trying hard enough, because he’s neither interesting nor meaningful.
He’s just plain awful.
This is what intellectual dishonesty sounds like. https://t.co/6OFXajtSld
— JScott (@JNwk14) January 26, 2022
If you want a prime example of media gaslighting, look no further than @Acosta. https://t.co/dVseQtIvcI
— Nick Freitas (@NickForVA) January 26, 2022
This is actually disgusting.
CNN is not a real news organization.
Eliminating government mandates and giving people MORE freedom is described as a Soviet-style police state.
This is insanity. @Acosta is garbage. https://t.co/EyLKnTJnQo
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 26, 2022
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