CNN Newsroom host Jim Acosta played T-ball with Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss on Tuesday. Instead of grilling Auchincloss about Tim Walz’s problematic portrayal of aspects of his military service, Acosta wondered if it was “healthy” for JD Vance to even talk about it. Additionally, Acosta, who usually claims to be a stickler for the truth, did not correct Auchincloss when he repeated Walz’s incorrect rank.
At the end of the interview, Acosta declared, “I did want to get your reaction to some of these comments by JD Vance going after Kamala Harris’s vice presidential running mate, Tim Walz, in his 24 years of service in the National Guard. You served in the Marine Corps.”
He then asked, “Is that healthy to see that sort of thing going back and forth? Obviously, we saw this launched by JD Vance after Tim Walz was named as Kamala…
