For­mer Trump Advi­sor Schools Acos­ta Over Walz Mil­i­tary Embell­ish­ments

On Thurs­day, CNN News­room with Jim Acos­ta host­ed for­mer Spe­cial Assis­tant to Pres­i­dent Trump Marc Lot­ter. Dur­ing the inter­view, Acos­ta attacked Repub­li­cans for scru­ti­niz­ing Walz’s mil­i­tary embell­ish­ments and won­der­ing “why you would even want to have this con­ver­sa­tion.”
Acos­ta began the seg­ment by men­tion­ing that J.D. Vance has been “going after” Walz’s mil­i­tary record. He won­dered if that was a “good idea” for Vance since “Don­ald Trump avoi …