Jim Acosta was on a roll demanding the press push back on President Trump criticizing White House reporters, and then he platformed "comedian" Rosie O'Donnell on his podcast to denounce the press for failing to stand up as Trump verbally "raped" a woman...by calling her stupid.
The reporter was CBS News reporter Nancy Cordes, who was trying to push Trump after two National Guard members where shot in DC on how "your Justice Department Inspector General" reported this year that vetting of Afghan refugees was thorough.
This was a strange question, since the report came out in June under Michael Horowitz, who was not "Trump's" inspector general. He was appointed by President Obama in 2012. That IG report focused on a small sample of 55 Afghan evacuees who were on a terror watchlist, and we found no mention of the alleged shooter, Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Rosie began the rant by posing as the guardian of "decency," which is very weird take right before you say the president verbally "raped" a woman with the word "stupid." [Hat tip: Jason Cohen]
🚨NEW: Rosie O'Donnell *FLIPS OUT* at reporters for not fighting TRUMP when he insults their colleagues🚨
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) November 28, 2025
"A decent person would stand up in spite of their job and say, 'I will not sit here and watch you verbally assault and attack and r*pe a woman!'"@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/prZFkXxZ13
She asked “What happened to decency? What happened to someone standing next to that woman saying, ‘Did you just call her stupid? Did you just call her stupid, President of the United States?’ Where's that person? Where's that voice?”
Acosta replied: "I know some of these reporters, they're good reporters, and it kills me to see the press not stand up for each other." He guessed "their bosses will not let them do it, and their bosses are leaning on them to just take it, absorb it, and try to ask the best question that you can and get out of there."
Rosie replied "Well, that is a disservice to the soul of every who's forced to eat it. You're telling me that we have to swallow this behavior, from a madman, because we can’t figure out as a nation how to right all the wrongs that have occurred?”
She lectured: "We better get in motion -- we, not Democrats vs. Republicans, we -- people who have decency as one of their values. A decent person would stand up in spite of their job. A decent person would stand up in spite of their job and say, ‘I will not sit here and watch you verbally assault and attack and rape a woman!’”
O’Donnell concluded: “Open your goddamn mouths and save your souls because you’re going to have to live with yourself long after he is gone."
PS: Neither Jim Acosta nor Rosie O'Donnell has ever been "fact checked" by PolitiFact since their founding 18 years ago.
