Posted on 09/16/2016 1:54:19 PM PDT by cotton1706
Reporters bristled at their treatment during Donald Trump's campaign event Friday, where the GOP presidential nominee only briefly addressed his past skepticism of President Obama's birthplace and abruptly left without taking any questions.
Trump then barred reporters from joining a tour of his new hotel, which prompted the pooled television reporters to erase their video from the tour, according to multiple reporters.
“As the designated pool producer; attempted to go on pooled tour, as is customary. Was physically restrained from accompanying the camera,” ABC News journalist Candace Smith tweeted. “Blocked is perhaps the better term. Tried to go through the door, was gently pushed back as door was closed. But that is all irrelevant. The fact is Trump did not allow the official pool to go with him, successfully avoiding any questions.”
NBC's Kelly O'Donnell defended the decision to delete the footage of the tour in her own Twitter post.
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They are simply upset that a Republican for once used some of their own tactics against them: mislead, deceive, bait, then switch.
They do it in every single presser with a Republican in the eternal game of Gotcha.
You mean take them out into the street and shoot them?
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