The panel on "The Five" reacted to CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta's Twitter video in which he walks along a steel-slat barrier set up between McAllen, Texas and Tamaulipas, Mexico.
"Walking along her, we're not seeing any kind of imminent danger," Acosta said. "No rush toward this fence."
He said there is "no sign of the national emergency the president has been talking about," going on to point out a gas station and Burger King nearby that appeared "pretty tranquil."
Greg Gutfeld said Acosta's video was too good to be true for Team Trump.
I found some steel slats down on the border. But I don’t see anything resembling a national emergency situation.. at least not in the McAllen TX area of the border where Trump will be today. pic.twitter.com/KRoLdszLUu
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 10, 2019
"That [appeared like it] was paid for by the Donald Trump 2020 reelection campaign," Gutfeld said. "He is in a spot at a wall, and he says see there's no problem here."
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The panel discussed how Acosta was proving Trump's point that a border wall or barrier will curb illegal immigration, noting how "tranquil" Acosta's walk was.
In that regard, Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale echoed the sentiment, taking to Twitter to thank Acosta for showing how "peaceful" the border is when it "has a wall."
I would like to thank @Acosta for pointing out how peaceful, safe and secure it is at a part of the border that HAS a wall. #RealNews #BuildTheWall https://t.co/bkssL9nOW3
— Brad Parscale (@parscale) January 10, 2019
However, soon after Acosta's first tweet went viral, he posted another video of himself at the border in the area, where the tall steel barrier gave way to a simpler chain link fence.
The steel slats don’t run the entire length of the border in the McAllen area. We found one part where there is a chain link fence. Occasionally migrants come thru but residents say their community is quite safe. pic.twitter.com/ivpPl0XT48
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 10, 2019
"Occasionally migrants come thru but residents say their community is quite safe," Acosta said of that portion of the border.
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