White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Saturday criticized CNN's chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta during an appearance on "Watters' World" after he took her comments out of context Thursday, saying what he did was "false and it was wrong." "But that’s exactly what Jim Acosta did. WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT INCOMING WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARYDuring Thursday's White House briefing, McEnany reiterated President Trump's strong stance on wanting children to go back to school in the fall amid a fiery debate about how educators can prevent the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. "The White House Press Secretary on Trump's push to reopen schools: 'The science should not stand in the way of this,'" Acosta initially tweeted. Watters asked McEnany if she ever confronted Acosta, prompting the press secretary to say "he’s actually quite nice off-camera."

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