TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): Did that happen? 

SEAN SPICER: So, what happened was after the exchange that you just noted, he did it again towards the end, he continued to harass the president-elect. After the president-elect had ended the press conference and been removed from the area, I went up to Mr. Acosta and I said his behavior was rude, inappropriate, and disrespectful of the president-elect. He told me that he thought that had a right to ask a question, even though CNN had been granted a question to one of their other correspondents. I informed him that I thought no one should be treated that way and treated that disrespectfully, and that if he did it again in the future, I would have him removed. 

Tucker, now I've known you long time. You know I am a pretty solid Republican. I don't care whether you are a Republican or Democrat or an independent, but if someone did that to President Obama or President Clinton or frankly any other human being, I would say the same thing. No one needs to be treated with that level of disrespect and rudeness. I think Mr. [Jim] Acosta owes the president-elect, and frankly the entire press core, an apology for his childish and inappropriate behavior. 

Related:

Not true, but par for the course in terms of the false reporting https://t.co/usHTCZ38LI

— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) January 12, 2017

Previously:

CNN's Jim Acosta Reports That Incoming Press Secretary Spicer Threatened To Throw Him Out Of Trump Press Conference

Trump Just Shot Jim Acosta In The Middle Of Fifth Avenue And The Press Didn’t Blink

Fox's Shepard Smith Condemns Trump’s “Belittling And Delegitimizing” Of CNN Journalist