Trump diehards aren’t complaining about what Acosta said. I think he was grandstanding and even without this controversy he wouldn’t have accomplished anything except make himself the center of attention.
However, what people are complaining about is the video where the female staffer tried to grab the mic from him. Sarah Huckabee Sanders shared a video on twitter that was doctored to make it look like Acosta purposely and forcefully chopped at the arm of the female staffer. Since then I’ve seen more analysis of those frames of video than the Zapruder film.
