{"id":592000,"date":"2026-04-27T11:56:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=592000"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:56:44","slug":"jim-acostas-girlfriend-complains-that-hegseth-refused-to-answer-questions-in-the-middle-of-emergency-evacuation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=592000","title":{"rendered":"Jim Acosta\u2019s girlfriend complains that Hegseth refused to answer questions in the middle of emergency evacuation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A PBS reporter was ripped over a tone-deaf complaint that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did not take questions from the press.<\/p>\n

The criticism from PBS White House correspondent Liz Landers came as Hegseth and other top administration officials, including President Donald Trump, were being evacuated from the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner at the Washington Hilton. The emergency evacuations came after a gunman opened fire outside the ballroom where the event was taking place.<\/p>\n

\u201cHegseth moving through hallway back near the stage of the correspondent\u2019s dinner \u2013 did not take questions from press,\u201d wrote Landers, who is rumored to be dating former CNN host Jim Acosta, though neither party has confirmed the relationship.<\/p>\n

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Jim Acosta\u2019s girlfriend fails what I call The Charlie Kirk Test for the news media\u2026<\/p>\n

When an unpredictable, horrible news event takes place, can you be a normal human being for even a few moments, or is there an instinctual or purposeful decision to be a jerk? https:\/\/t.co\/nPwGvxCoNB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIs the president okay?\u201d the reporter can be heard asking as Hegseth was being hurried through the crowd by security. \u201cMr. Secretary, is the president going back to the dinner?\u201d<\/p>\n

The gunman, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, was apprehended after he bypassed a security checkpoint at the hotel and opened fire, hitting a Secret Service agent. Inside the ballroom, guests crouched under tables as armed security swept into the room.<\/p>\n

Landers\u2019 post about Hegseth\u2019s failure to stop mid-evacuation and hold a press conference was buried under immediate backlash on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cI assume this was stating facts and not complaining that he did not\u2026this was hardly the time to hold a press conference as people are being evacuated and no one knows if someone else in the crowd with a gun,\u201d wrote Newsmax anchor Greta Van Susteren.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow dare he?\u201d questioned another X user in a sarcastic response mirrored by many.<\/p>\n

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And this is why Americans can\u2019t stand the press.
\nRight here.
\nThey have only themselves to blame.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Diana Villiers (@DianaVilliers1) April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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One more example of why we don\u2019t want a dime of our taxes funding @PBS<\/a> . Btw, are they off the taxpayers dole yet? Did that already happen?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sarah T (@Sarah6t) April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Only someone dumb enough to date @Acosta<\/a> would think it appropriate to pester the VP during an active shooter evacuation.<\/p>\n

You vacuous mass.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mark (@UncoverFacts) April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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What is wrong with you people<\/p>\n

\u2014 Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Imagine! There\u2019s an assassination attempt and he won\u2019t stop to talk to you. Are you really that entitled? Or completely in over your head?<\/p>\n

\u2014 DelilahM (@delilahmused) April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Have you lost your f\u2019in mind? Go face a mirror until you realize how skewed your priorities are.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Boomerang 7 (@GeorgeClogston) April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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