The White House called Jim Acosta āa disgraceful human beingā after the ex-CNN correspondent made a joke about President Donald Trumpās deceased former wife.
Acosta was on a āNo Kingsā Day episode of āThe Contrarianā podcast with Jennifer Rubin when he called Trump a hypocrite for his stance on immigrants when two of his three wives were immigrants, Fox News reported.
āWhere are the ICE raids at the Trump properties? Could somebody call ICE on the Trump golf course in Virginia? Youāre telling me thereās nobody in there that is undocumented or has some kind of squirreliness going on with their paperwork?ā he asked. āGive me a break.ā
āHow many immigrants has he married? Heās got one buried at his golf course in New Jersey! Isnāt she buried by the first hole or the second tee or something like that?ā he asked, as Rubin and reporter April Ryan laughed.
Acosta was talking about Trumpās first wife, Ivana, a native of Czechia, who is buried at Tump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, New Jersey. She died in 2022.
āImmigrants always doing the jobs that Americans donāt want to do!ā Acosta said.
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Ivana Trump is the mother of Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric.
The White House responded by calling Acosta disgraceful.
āJim Acosta is a disgraceful human being,ā White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital.
Immigration has been a hot topic recently with raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles, California.
