Trump asks angel moms to answer Jim Acosta question on border crisis: WATCH – Washington Examiner

President Trump on Friday rejected an question from CNN’s Jim Acosta about whether he is pretending there’s a crisis at the border, by turning to the families who have lost loved ones due to illegal immigrant violence.

At a White House press conference, Acosta said many believe there is no border crisis that requires an emergency declaration to build a border wall.

“What do you say to your critics who say that you are creating a national emergency, that you’re concocting a national emergency here in order to get your wall?” Acosta asked.

“I’ll ask the angel moms,” Trump replied. “What do you think, do you think I’m creating something?”

“Ask these incredible women who lost their daughters and their sons,” Trump added.

“This is real,” one angel mom could be heard saying.

“Your question is a very political question, because you have an agenda,” Trump finished. “You’re CNN, you’re fake news. You have an agenda.”