Jim Acosta Threw Himself a #Resistance Party But No One Showed Up

Well, practically no one. Some union members paid to be there and act as a Rent-a-Mob apparently turned up.

From Andrew Stiles of the Free Beacon:

WASHINGTON--"There are some tickets left," Jim Acosta told his Substack followers a few hours before taking the stage at the Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C., to host a live town hall version of the online chat show he started after his "voluntary" exit from CNN earlier this year.

He wasn't kidding.

The lineup for the first (and apparently only) stop on the "Fire Within Tour" would struggle to draw a crowd almost anywhere else in the country: Rosie O'Donnell, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D., Texas), and an assortment of professional Trump haters whose names you wouldn't recognize unless you're the sort of mentally deranged liberal who owns an Anthony Fauci prayer candle and refuses to watch CNN because it's right-wing propaganda. Only the most delirious of hyper-online partisans could stomach the pretentious tagline: "Fueling Courage. Defending Freedom. Igniting Truth."

The Beltway, of course, is teeming with this variety of freak, which is why the lack of turnout on Monday night was so humiliating for everyone involved, not least for the people who actually did show up to have their courage fueled. Venue staff informed a Washington Free Beacon reporter that the upper balcony, comprising nearly half of the venue's 1,200 seats, was closed--for reasons that were soon obvious. Generously estimated, the lower section was roughly three-quarters full--about 500 people. As the night wore on, it became clear that a significant portion of the attendees were either members of a federal employee union invited to denounce Trump, or had personal or professional connections to one of the "performers." Acosta, a fierce opponent of so-called mis- and disinformation, had claimed to be expecting a "big crowd" based on conversations with the organizers.

In retrospect, a large retirement home in the Maryland or Virginia suburbs would have been a more appropriate venue for an event of this nature. At the very least, fewer people would have been able to get up and walk out before the end.

Acosta opens the show with his costar Michael Fanone, a former D.C. police officer who became a professional anti-Trump activist after clashing with protesters on Jan. 6. Setting the tone for the show, Fanone laments, "We are in a tough fucking spot." Acosta agrees. "We are. We are." Fanone hates Republicans almost as much as he loves punk rock and tattoos. He hangs out with Sean Penn and Kathy Griffin. He's not afraid to express his feelings with expletives. House Speaker Mike Johnson is a "petty bitch" surrounded by "cock-sucking colleagues." Not to be confused with the unelected Trump supporters, who are "dick-sucking ass clowns." Acosta tries to change the subject by asking his other costar Olivia Troye, a former Republican who spoke at the 2024 Democratic convention, about the tragedy that has befallen her Northern Virginia community of federal bureaucrats since Trump took office. "It's super upsetting," she says. "And I just have to say to you that the American people, they may not realize it right now, but they will realize it in time, the incredible treasure that they've lost."

Below: The amazing "show."

Below, Jim Acosta attempts some kind of visual metaphor, asking people to turn on their cellphones' flashlight function and wave them around like he's Blue Oyster Cult being called out for an encore. He wants people to remember that they all have "lights" which can penetrate "the darkness."

Then click ahead to 12:30 to see Acosta pass out, of course, "TACO" hats.

Megyn Kelly and Mark Halperin point out that just four months ago, Jim Acosta was a CNN "journalist" who insisted that he was entirely non-partisan and factual.

posted by Ace at 05:50 PM

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