The White House took some heat last week after it shared what appeared to be an edited video of CNN’s Jim Acosta refusing to hand over the microphone during a contentious post-midterm press conference with President Trump.
We stand by our decision to revoke this individual’s hard pass. We will not tolerate the inappropriate behavior clearly documented in this video. pic.twitter.com/T8X1Ng912y
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) November 8, 2018
Kellyanne Conway tried Sunday to set the record straight with some alternative facts. Here’s her questionable response when Fox News host Chris Wallace asked why Sarah Sanders tweeted the “clearly altered” clip:
‘By that do you mean sped up? That’s not altered. That’s sped up. They do it all the time in sports to see if there’s actually a first down or a touchdown.’
She seemed to be taking a cue from her boss, who told reporters last week that, “no one manipulated it, give me a break.”
So, speeding up a clip to make the contact appear more violent shouldn’t be considered altering or manipulating it?
Read: Video of Acosta incident contains extra frames
Conway also made it personal.
“As a woman whose had people put their hands on me, thinking they have a right to get in my personal space,” she told Wallace. “I don’t like him pulling that mic back and doing on her arm, it looked like a karate chop almost.”
Watch the full interview (the part about the video edit starts at the 9:30 mark):
