Trump rally worker blocks lens as photojournalist tries to snap photo
President Trump’s reelection campaign caught flak Thursday night after a man identified as a rally worker was pictured allegedly trying to block a photographer from capturing footage of a demonstrator.
During the president’s rally in Indiana, where Trump continued to ramp up his attacks against the news media, a man identified as a volunteer member of the president’s advance team can be seen blocking the lens of a photographer.
{mosads}Evan Vucci, The Associated Press’ chief Washington photographer, posted a photo of the incident on Instagram, saying the photographer was trying to take a photo of a demonstrator at the rally.
The president’s campaign did not immediately return a request for comment from The Hill.
Among many things, this is such amateur hour. https://t.co/NcQbuZ7t9E
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 31, 2018
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: Trump staffer physically blocks you from seeing what is really going on. Stunning from from @evanvucci https://t.co/sN0Wr0m5Dz
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) August 31, 2018
America in 2018, apparently pic.twitter.com/PWCaDD7c77
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) August 31, 2018
Trump: “We as a country cannot tolerate political censorship! We are not going to let them control what we see!”
Only moments before, a Trump aide had physically blocked the lens of a press photographer to prevent him from taking a photo of a protestor. https://t.co/eo7Wn8TARq pic.twitter.com/E7jdEuQCNq
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) August 31, 2018
The incident occurred Thursday night as the president railed against the news media during a rally in support of Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun, who is also seeking to unseat Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) in November.
During the rally, Trump attacked CNN and NBC, calling the latter “worse than CNN.”
The president also went after a New York Times reporter over coverage of his past crowd size, saying the reporter “doesn’t have a clue.”
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