Posted on 06/03/2016 5:32:01 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Donald Trump campaign staffer and a private security guard removed a POLITICO reporter from a campaign rally here on Thursday evening for reporting at the event without the campaign’s permission.
A campaign staffer spotted the reporter typing on a laptop outside of the press pen at the San Jose Convention Center and asked the reporter, who was attending on a general admission ticket, if he had press credentials. The Trump campaign has refused to credential the reporter for multiple events.
The staffer said he would consult with his superiors and returned minutes later with a private security officer who instructed the reporter to leave the premises, escorting him out a nearby exit.
“The campaign is not aware of the incident or any details pertaining to it and therefore cannot comment,” wrote campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks in an email. She added that the campaign is “looking into it.”
Thursday’s ejection occurred as Trump mounts an increasingly caustic campaign against the free press.
After weeks of media scrutiny about donations he promised to veterans groups, the presumptive GOP nominee held a news conference Tuesday to announce the groups that received the money. But Trump, who often refers to journalists as “scum” and “slime” — used the event instead to lambaste reporters for asking questions about the donations in the first place, referring to one ABC reporter as “sleaze.”
According to the Washington Post and the Associated Press, Trump sent many of the checks after reporters began asking the campaign about the fate of the donations. The total also fell short of the $6 million he originally boasted.
In response to Trump’s haranguing of reporters at the press conference, veteran newsman Dan Rather wrote, “a shudder went down my spine.”
The real estate developer and entertainer has sued or threatened to sue journalists regularly over the course of his adult life and earlier this year vowed to “loosen up” libel laws to make it easier to sue media organizations.
In ejecting unwelcome attendees, the campaign often argues that its rallies are private events “paid for by Mr. Trump.” American taxpayers, however, foot the bill for Trump’s Secret Service protection at the events, and local governments often incur costs for policing the disruptions the events cause.
Minutes after the ejection, the campaign sent the reporter an email, denying credentials to Trump's Friday rally in Redding, California.
I’ve always wondered why a president doesn’t deny credentials to ass hole reporters that are obviously biased. It would kill their job.
Good.
“In response to Trump’s haranguing of reporters at the press conference, veteran newsman Dan Rather wrote, “a shudder went down my spine.”
Fake but accurate.
Most of those in the WH Press Corpse don’t belong there.
This cuts me deep.
I used up a whole box of kleenex wiping aways my tears at the thought that Trump could be so mean to the nice Politico writer.
Wasn’t aware he had a spine.
Hey Polutico, does not the taxpayers foot the bill for the other candidates also and do they not have paid for security by their campaign?
Awesome!!
The only group hated more than the politicians is the media. He should toss a few more out and get an extra 5% bump in the polls.
Soros’ self-centered Politico doesn’t realize that no one gives a ****.
Excellent. And who cares what Dan Rather thinks? He made up half his stories no doubt.
LOL, “Make Earth Great Again”
Private events right? He can kick out anybody he wants..especially a lying ahole liberal reporter
I wish he’d boot Katy Tur. She is a disgrace
Fixed it.
Dan Rather has no spine
The media is defining this debate! They are the biggest enemy we have.
Politico I enjoy reading what I want to read. I can't read bad articles about Trump. But they have published things about Hillary, I think the Washington Post, even though they are leftist, has published the most fairly about the email scandals. Politico has been right up there, too, on Hillary's emails. The DOS IG was the most honest and comprehensive of all so far (and they are not the press, of course).
But the Politico commenters are pretty evenly mixed although you can't see what gets deleted like you can ABC. I have mixed feeling about throwing a reporter out. They should follow the rules for gaining entrance. They should report fairly. And on both sides sometimes stories are written that are displeasing to the politician, even the Obamas although I can't think of an example. But the press is by far partial to the left overall.
I guess I don't want it to come down to they will write nice or moderate pieces (fat chance) just to stay on the good side of whoever it is and keep access open. I do want to read the truth no matter how it slices which is impossible in these times. Yellow journalism I guess it's called and worse. Outright lies, and it is shocking the number of people who use things like the Guardian as gospel and not look deeper for the whole truth.
Very good.
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