A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump ruled on Friday that the White House must temporarily reinstate the hard press badge of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, until a final decision can be reached in the court case between the Trump administration and the cable news network. CNN sued the White House earlier this week on grounds that their First and Fifth Amendment right had been violated with the suspension.
While Trump has not yet tweeted his thoughts on the ruling, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders released a statement shortly thereafter on Friday, agreeing to reinstate Acosta’s pass while alluding to future stipulations down the road.
“Today, the court made clear that there is no absolute First Amendment right to access the White House. In response to the court, we will temporarily reinstate the reporter’s hard pass. We will also further develop rules and processes to ensure fair and orderly press conferences in the future,” Sanders said. “There must be decorum at the White House.”
No, your eyes are not deceiving you — the very woman whose boss recently called a porn star that he allegedly slept with a “horseface” on Twitter and who once bragged about grabbing women by their genitals has called for “decorum” in the White House. Decorum!
Not surprisingly, many people zeroed in on that word in particular, making jokes and pointing out the hypocrisy in her statement.
"There must be decorum at the White House.” pic.twitter.com/WBQR72RzRv
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) November 16, 2018
“Decorum.” lol please. This coming from a person who shared a doctored Infowars video to claim Acosta acted violently. https://t.co/5vssgNwT02
— Andrew Kirell 🤙🏻 (@AndrewKirell) November 16, 2018
Grab 'em by the decorum.
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) November 16, 2018
Good news, everyone. The guy who recently referred to a woman as “Horseface” is going to institute “decorum” in the WH. pic.twitter.com/bjnISuYDNm
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 16, 2018
I quite agree that there must be decorum at the White House.
Since we appear to all be in agreement, we should immediately evict Trump to rectify this problem. https://t.co/H4m3lOgzG1
— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) November 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/mitchprothero/status/1063476749420376065
A WH that shows little decorum expects decorum from a press it routinely screams at and calls “enemy of the people.” It would be funny if it weren’t so pitifully sad. @realDonaldTrump
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) November 16, 2018
.@PressSec says there must be "decorum at the White House" for "fair & orderly press conferences."
Note: Pres Trump often interrupts reporters' q's & reporters must then stand, as I did, & keeping talk to complete q's & get in more q's.
Not quite orderly but that's the job.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) November 16, 2018
"There must be decorum at the White House." I agree.
But what's that got to do with press briefings https://t.co/AGk25SXCP9
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 16, 2018
Decorum for thee, not for me https://t.co/0wcPjkRQ7v
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 16, 2018
"There must be decorum at the White House” is an objectively hilarious line I can’t get it out of my head.
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) November 16, 2018
What about decorum from @Potus? https://t.co/O7gjI8sEsf
— Steve Kiggins (@stevekigginstv) November 16, 2018
“There must be decorum at the White House” makes for a pretty good 2020 slogan. But as a statement from @PressSec, it’s absurd. #FreePress
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 16, 2018
.@PressSec today: "There must be decorum at the White House.”
Trump to reporters recently:
“What a stupid question that is”
“I know you're not thinking. You never do”
“You are a rude, terrible person"
“You're creating violence by your question”
"That's such a racist question"— Karen Travers (@karentravers) November 16, 2018
We could all use a little decorum these days.