Conway calls CNN's Acosta a 'smartass' during immigration exchange
By Jordan Fabian - 01/08/19 02:36 PM EST
White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway called CNN's Jim Acosta a “smartass†during a heated exchange over immigration.
Acosta asked Conway on the North Lawn driveway whether she could “promise the president will tell the truth tonight†during a primetime address on his demands for a border wall.
“Yes, Jim. And will you promise that you will?“ Conway asked in response.
“I will, absolutely. I’m not the one with the alternative-facts problem like you do,†Acosta replied, referencing a quote from Conway from 2017.
When Acosta challenged Conway again about whether Trump's speech could pass a fact check, the White House aide replied, “let me go back to your case because you’re such a smartass most of the time and I know you want this to go viral.â€
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