The reporter was just trying to cover the story. These attacks were uncalled for and Trump’s approval of them is disgraceful.
In times of crisis, leaders usually try to unite the country. Remind everyone we’re all Americans, in this together. Trump, on the other hand, is promoting a video in which people hurl insults — “You are the virus,” “traitor,” “enemy,” “disgusting,” etc. — at a local TV reporter. https://t.co/ewA1XBOh4K
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 16, 2020
The president has now twice amplified this https://t.co/xzu6Px3M0A
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) May 16, 2020
This is a local news reporter, not one of the national reporters the president goes after. He went to cover these folks’ stories, stories the president has been trying to amplify. Instead of recognizing that, he just attacks the reporter because reporters = bad. https://t.co/25GR8xc9z3
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 16, 2020
A LOCAL station reporter, not a network person, here is interviewing the president's supporters and getting all kinds of unwarranted abuse, and here is the president's reaction. pic.twitter.com/ljwnYDlPfB
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) May 16, 2020
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 15, 2020
Sad! 