Trump Bans Des Moines Register Cranks from Saturday Event After Nasty Editorial
The Des Moines Register
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has denied The Des Moines Register press credentials to gain access to a candidate event scheduled for Saturday in Oskaloosa.
The reason: an editorial published by the newspaper last Tuesday calling on Trump to quit the Republican race.
Register political columnist Kathie Obradovich was informed Friday that she had been denied a credential to the event, a “family picnic” featuring Trump that will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the George Daily Community Auditorium in Oskaloosa.
Trump’s national campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, told Obradovich in a phone call that the Register was being excluded from the event because of the editorial.
The Register’s editorial board operates independently from the editors and reporters who conduct political coverage.
In a subsequent conversation with the Register’s chief political reporter, Jennifer Jacobs, Lewandowski reiterated that news staffers were being denied access because of the editorial.
“We’re not issuing credentials to anyone from The Des Moines Register based on the editorial that they wrote earlier in the week,” he said.
Lewandowski said he expected the campaign would consider allowing the Register to attend events at some point in the future.
Wild Thing’s comment…………
Trump behaves exactly like Obama. Obama attacks FOX news, tells people not to watch it etc. Trump bans a newspaper because it does not support him. This is the first election I have ever seen where people not all but too many do not want to vet Trump. They just are into that he attacks and mouths off. Very sad and very concerning.