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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought Miller was eloquent and right on target, refuting Acosta and Thrush all along the way with their "petty" and "narrow" questions and continued interruptions.[/quote]

Acosta asked if the new immigration policy was in keeping with the words on the Statue of Liberty's base.

Miller replied by asking him (asking the reporter a question!) how many people had to be let in the country to be acceptable.

Acosta clarified that he wasn't talking about the reduced number of green cards in the policy, but the English speaking provision, the requirement to be highly skilled, etc.

Miller then started asking him "When we let in 300,000 people in 1970, was that violating or not violating the Statue of Liberty law of the land?"

That doesn't make any sense. Acosta had already clarified that he wasn't talking about the numbers, he was comparing the "give me your huddled masses, your poor" to the more selective requirements of the new policy. The poem is certainly not the "law of the land." Miller kept on this for almost 30 seconds.

Then he said "You're telling me that a million a year is the Statue of Liberty number. 900,000 violates it."

Acosta never said anything like that. Miller said from the podium "you're telling me" but Acosta never said that.

Then Miller said "Your statement is also shockingly ahistorical in another regard..."

A few seconds later, Miller was talking about how immigration levels ebb and flow (even though Acosta had clarified that he wasn't talking about numbers, just eligibility) and Acosta mentioned the wall as part of Trump's "sweeping changes to the immigration system."

Miller said, "Surely, Jim, you don't actually think that a wall affects green card policy? You couldn't possibly believe that, do you?" and then "Do you really at CNN not know the difference between green card policy and illegal immigration?"

Miller is only scoring points here with Trumpkins. To everyone else, he looks like an idiot. Acosta was not grandstanding at this moment--Miller was the one transparently trying to make a reporter look bad to score points with his boss.

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