They surrender.
Posted on 08/26/2015 1:09:42 PM PDT by jazusamo
The White House on Wednesday took a swipe at Donald Trump, suggesting the Republican presidential front-runner can’t handle tough questions about his views on immigration.
Press secretary Josh Earnest weighed in on Trump’s decision late Tuesday to eject Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos from a press conference. Ramos had interrupted Trump with a question about deportations.
“I’m not sure that it’s a successful media strategy to physically remove reporters who are asking tough questions,” Earnest told reporters at the White House.
Turning to a group of press aides, Earnest joked he would need a larger security detail if he followed Trump’s example, “although they are tougher than they look.”
Trump's exchange with Ramos is the latest example of how the businessman's position on immigration is roiling the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Earnest said the campaign rhetoric coming from GOP candidates is “alarming.”
“There is no denying the kind of rhetoric that we’ve seen when it comes to immigration policy is alarming to a lot of people,” he said. “I don’t think it reflects the values that are shared by a vast majority of the American public.”
After Ramos repeatedly tried to ask Trump a question in Iowa on Tuesday, Trump told him to "go back to Univision."
Moments later, a security guard escorted Ramos out of the room. He was later allowed to return to ask a question.
Ramos, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Mexico, told CNN he finds Trump's views on immigration offensive.
“This is very important to the Hispanic community,” he said in an interview Wednesday. “This is also personal."
Obama seen as ‘enemy’ of press freedom
This message was posted on Twitter recently by a prominent member of the media: “The Obama Administration is the greatest enemy of press freedom in a generation.” Another tweet from this source read, “I plan to spend the rest of my life fighting to undo the damage done to press freedom in the United States by Barack Obama and (Attorney General) Eric Holder.”
It might figure that such pointed postings came from a right-wing talk show host or a conservative analyst on Fox News Channel. Instead, they came from Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter James Risen. The Times, of course, is generally sympathetic to White House causes. Risen, however, has been threatened by the Justice Department with jail time for his refusal to reveal the sources of his stories about national security.
Newly retired ABC White House correspondent Ann Compton also criticized the administration when she recently received a First Amendment award, saying, “At the White House, too often presidential moments are reported only by those who hold office, while the free press, the main street professionals credentialed in the White House press corps are excluded.”
Veteran journalist Susan Milligan wrote an article for the trade publication Columbia Journalism Review in which she asserted, “The relationship between the president and the press is more distant than it has been in half a century.” It is worth noting that Richard Nixon was not yet president a half century ago.
http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2015/03/20/obama-seen-enemy-press-freedom/25026795/
0bama’s never had to deal with ‘tough questions’ in his entire political career. The panzy has been pampered and coddled and worshipped by the slimy msm.
This WH has no business pontificating.
They surrender.
Come to think of it, has she ever held and open press conference at all?
Absolutely.
LMAO....and bath house barry saying: Oh I didn’t want to hurt your feelings.....ROFLMAO and off on his bicycle he goes....
How far we’ve come when a reporter can openly say he finds a candidate’s views offensive. They don’t even pretend to be objective and fair anymore.
Well, at least he didn’t lock him in a closet like Biden did at a Florida fundraiser.
““I’m not sure that it’s a successful media strategy to physically remove reporters who are asking tough questions,” Earnest told reporters at the White House. “
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God,what an idiot.
He was removed because he was out of order,not because of a question.
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Is that the job of the Whitehouse?? Butt kissing Josh??
Trump can now RESPOND and kick Obama's ass up and down the street.
And this will drive his numbers even higher.
America rolls its eyes heavenward in response to your remarks, Mr. President....
That scum bag Earnest makes Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf look like the late Tony Snow.
Thanks, it says a lot when 0bama and his lapdogs are losing the support of the liberal media.
Funny considering the White House routinely denies reporters access to the President or the general area where the president may be
NOBODY asks tough questions at the Rainbow Mosque.
“Does Josh Earnest leave an actual slime trail wherever he goes or does it just seem like he should?”
Slugs and Snails are offended by your comment!
I loved what Trump said about Bernie Sanders having his microphone hijacked, “how can he defend the Nation when he can’t even defend his own microphone?”
LOL
Does Josh Earnest leave an actual slime trail wherever he goes or does it just seem like he should?
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If you put out a tuna can filled with beer near his office, you’d probably find him in it the next morning.
ha..... the event was live.
Jorge was shown to unarguably be an ass hole
The Donald handled him skillfully and showed him the be the obnoxious dolt from Univision that he is. Trump now has extra ammo for his $$$$ lawsuit. the evidence is there live on TV
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