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ACOSTA: "Yeah, absolutely. I mean, the message to send to don right now is that we all support him. We all love him. We’re behind him 100%. but look at this. We’ve now reached the arresting journalists phase of Donald Trump’s authoritarian project in America. And we just have to push back on this with all our might. You know, if you look at the video and you showed it just a few moments ago, don was there covering this protest that was taking place inside this church. That doesn’t make don a part of what was taking place there. He was covering it as a journalist. I mean, we cover Donald Trump in the Oval Office all the time. That doesn’t implicate us in any of his corrupt activities, potential criminal activities. We’re just there covering what’s happening in the news. And, you know, this is a this is a direct attack on the First Amendment. It’s a direct attack on free speech in this country. He’s trying to criminalize journalism.”