Trump shares video of protesters confronting reporter: 'Fake news is not essential'
Source: The Hill
President Trump shared a video of a local TV reporter being confronted by anti-shutdown protesters in Long Island who called him "fake news" and "the enemy of the people," prompting journalists to come to the reporter's defense on Friday night.
"Fake news is not essential," the president wrote, retweeting the videos from News 12 Long Island reporter Kevin Vesey.
The viral videos, which have been viewed more than 9.8 million times, were recorded by Vesey while he was covering a rally on Thursday against stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic.
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“It’s discouraging enough to watch the tape of these knuckledraggers harassing a reporter who’s just doing his job by covering their protest (and who produced an even-handed segment for his local newscast),” wrote Politico’s chief political correspondent Tim Alberta. “But to see the President pile on, bullying a civilian... it’s nauseating.”
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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/498109-trump-shares-video-of-protesters-confronting-reporter-fake-news-is-not
Of course Trump has always been a knuckledragging bully...
Trump's tweet:
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Vesey's tweet that Trump was responding to:
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Another tweet from Vesey, with video of his finished story:
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More tweets about this, from Jake Tapper and Maggie Haberman:
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