Crowd at Trump rally chants ‘go home Jim’ at CNN’s Acosta

Members of the crowd awaiting President Trump’s rally in South Carolina on Monday began chanting “Go home, Jim!” at CNN’s Jim Acosta. 

Multiple reporters tweeted that a woman verbally attacked Acosta as he stood in the press area. Crowd members also reportedly chanted “CNN sucks.” 

The jeers from the crowd came as people waited for a Trump rally in West Columbia, S.C., Monday night. Trump traveled to South Carolina to help campaign for Gov. Henry McMaster (R), who is facing John Warren (R) in a runoff election.{mosads} 

Sitting next to @Acosta is the … ahem … “best” seat in the house. Frequent chanting of “@CNN sucks,” “Go home, Jim,” after which many have then asked for selfies and autographs. ‍♀️ #SCGov pic.twitter.com/lo76znlmvi

— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) June 25, 2018

The early crowd here at Trump’s South Carolina is ally is jeering CNN’s Jim Acosta as a woman near the press pen just starts going off on him. Now chants of “Go home, Jim!”

— Henry J. Gomez (@HenryJGomez) June 25, 2018

Crowd chants, “Go Home Jim,” at CNN’s Jim @Acosta. @WCCBCharlotte pic.twitter.com/568NCKBPkC

— Marvin Beach (@MBeach14) June 25, 2018

The attacks aimed at Acosta and CNN come just a week after the crowd at a Trump rally in Duluth, Minn., chanted “CNN sucks.” Those chants came after Trump slammed the news media. 

“And I’ve said before if I would have said that to you during the campaign, those very dishonest people back there, the fake news. Very dishonest,” Trump said to boos from the crowd. 

Acosta has had a contentious relationship with the White House and Trump campaign officials. 

Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted in early June that Acosta’s credentials should be revoked for asking questions during a ceremony between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Acosta replied, “dictatorships take away press credentials. Not democracies.” 

Trump’s rally on Monday begins at 7 p.m.