Well I think we can't avoid covering the news and when the president says something like that you're the enemy of the people, I think I'm well within my right to stand up and say this is well within my lane as a journalist and as an American to say that that's not appropriate.

Jim Acosta

Neutrality for the sake of neutrality doesn't really serve us in the age of Trump.

Jim Acosta

Well I think we can't avoid covering the news and when the president says something like that you're the enemy of the people, I think I'm well within my right to stand up and say this is well within my lane as a journalist and as an American to say that that's not appropriate.

Jim Acosta

The president is supposed to stand up for the First Amendment and stand up for the free press - not put us through the meat grinder.

Jim Acosta

Yes, Barack Obama had his clashes with the press. I witnessed those first-hand covering the second term of his administration. But we did not have Barack Obama on almost a weekly basis referring to the press as the enemy of the people and accusing reporters of treason and calling legitimate stories fake news.

Jim Acosta

We have to speak truth to power.

Jim Acosta

We go through periods of turmoil in our nation's history, and one of the remarkable things about the United States is that we seem to keep making our way through those periods.

Jim Acosta

Google my name and 'Barack Obama.' There were many days I was tough on him. People have short-term memories. They think we're only being tough on Trump. That's just not true.

Jim Acosta

We can't have Trump supporters only trust what comes out of conservative news media and vice versa.

Jim Acosta

I was raised in this business not to make myself part of the story. I have never wanted to be part of the story.

Jim Acosta

I receive more threats than I could count; it's almost every week.

Jim Acosta

I wish at times that the press had been a bit more in solidarity with one another.

Jim Acosta

We have seen presidents from both parties express their frustrations with the press. That's absolutely normal.

Jim Acosta

I have never witnessed a concerted effort by any news organization to take a stand one way or the other on a political issue, to damage one particular party or help another.

Jim Acosta

As reporters, we not only deliver the news of the day. We must also defend the truth. And just because we are pro-truth doesn't mean we are anti-Trump.

Jim Acosta

I think aggressive, sometimes outspoken reporting from the White House briefing room is expected by the American people.

Jim Acosta

The vast majority of Trump supporters are wonderful people and I have very nice interactions with them.

Jim Acosta

Yes, I've received death threats.

Jim Acosta

My job is to ask tough questions.

Jim Acosta

It kind of goes without saying. But I will: If you are a Nazi, you aren't a fine person. You're bad.

Jim Acosta

We have to stand for the truth.

Jim Acosta