Trump Campaign Hassles CNN, BuzzFeed Reporters At Two Events

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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.

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.

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