Donald Trump’s campaign reportedly barred a BuzzFeed political reporter from attending the Republican presidential candidate’s Thursday night event, one day after Trump’s campaign manager threatened to pull a CNN journalist’s credentials for entering the crowd at another rally.
CNN’s Noah Gray tweeted video of an interaction with Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager, where Lewandowski tersely orders Gray to return to the “pen,” a roped off area for reporters covering the Wednesday event in Worcester, Massachusetts.
.@CLewandowski_ :”inside the pen or I pull your credentials” as I film crowd reax to protestor this evening pic.twitter.com/Gkb2jpC6CY
— Noah Gray CNN (@NoahGrayCNN) November 19, 2015
Gray had apparently entered the crowd to document protesters holding a “migrant lives matter” sign, The Washington Post’s Jenna Johnson reported.
Lewandowski reportedly turned to campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks when he spotted Gray and said: “Tell Noah, get back in the pen or he’s fucking blacklisted,” a source told the Post.
Late Thursday afternoon, BuzzFeed’s Evan McMorris-Santoro tweeted he hadn’t been allowed to enter a Trump event in Newton, Iowa.
Welp, I’m adding “barred from Donald Trump town hall in Newton Iowa” to the ol list of career accomplishments. (1/some)
— E McMorris-Santoro (@EvanMcSan) November 19, 2015
I asked the Trump camp for credentials several days ago. Never heard back. So I came out to Iowa to check things out. (2)
— E McMorris-Santoro (@EvanMcSan) November 19, 2015
At press table, Trump aide looked at my WH and Hill creds, called Trump camp to see if I could be let in. 10 min later, the answer: no. (3)
— E McMorris-Santoro (@EvanMcSan) November 19, 2015
I asked if I could just go in as a citizen (I had been checked out by the secret sve already) and was told no again. I was not to enter. (4)
— E McMorris-Santoro (@EvanMcSan) November 19, 2015
Of course you can’t you libtard, just look at your name, that looks syrian-refugee to me.
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