Jim Acosta

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.

My job is to ask tough questions.

I have never witnessed a concerted effort by any news organization to take a stand one way or the other on a political issue, to damage one particular party or help another.

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

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

I think aggressive, sometimes outspoken reporting from the White House briefing room is expected by the American people.

It kind of goes without saying. But I will: If you are a Nazi, you aren't a fine person. You're bad.

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

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

Well I think we can't avoid covering the news and when the president says something like that you're the enemy of the people, I think I'm well within my right to stand up and say this is well within my lane as a journalist and as an American to say that that's not appropriate.

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.

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