Jim Acosta

“The president is supposed to stand up for the First Amendment and stand up for the free press - not put us through the meat grinder.”

“I don't believe that there are two sides to a story when it's a matter of right versus wrong. It just doesn't work that way.”

“Google my name and 'Barack Obama.' There were many days I was tough on him. People have short-term memories. They think we're only being tough on Trump. That's just not true.”

“As reporters, we not only deliver the news of the day. We must also defend the truth. And just because we are pro-truth doesn't mean we are anti-Trump.”

“An adversarial relationship between the president and members of the press can be expected.”

“I don't want my kids to grow up in a country where the press is called the enemy of the people.”

“Neutrality for the sake of neutrality doesn't really serve us in the age of Trump.”

“We can't have Trump supporters only trust what comes out of conservative news media and vice versa.”

“Trump is a branding expert. He is a marketing genius to some extent.”

“I think we have reached the point where we can state definitively, that Nazis are bad people.”

“We have to stand for the truth.”

“I was raised in this business not to make myself part of the story. I have never wanted to be part of the story.”

“I receive more threats than I could count; it's almost every week.”

“We should not have the president of the United States referring to segments of American society as the enemy of the people.”

“My parents were blue-collar.”

“The vast majority of Trump supporters are wonderful people and I have very nice interactions with them.”

“We have to speak truth to power.”

“My job is to ask tough questions.”

“I want my kids to grow up in a country where, you know, we can still shout questions at the president.”

“Yes, Barack Obama had his clashes with the press. I witnessed those first-hand covering the second term of his administration. But we did not have Barack Obama on almost a weekly basis referring to the press as the enemy of the people and accusing reporters of treason and calling legitimate stories fake news.”