Hadn't heard this before. Trump once claimed that, before choosing Alexander Acosta to be his Secretary of Labor, he'd worried that he was related to the CNN reporter Jim Acosta, so he told his staff, "Do me a favor—go back and check the family tree.

Hadn't heard this before. Trump once claimed that, before choosing Alexander Acosta to be his Secretary of Labor, he'd worried that he was related to the CNN reporter Jim Acosta, so he told his staff, "Do me a favor—go back and check the family tree." https://t.co/CwECmmaFYK

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 2, 2020