A New York Times reporter claims she was removed from President Trump’s campaign rally in Freeland, Mich., on Thursday after campaign staff located her using images she posted on Twitter.
As the rally was getting started, Kathy Gray noted on Twitter that out of the thousands of people who were at the rally, “maybe 10% have masks.” Gray then posted a photo of Air Force One with the caption “And so it begins” shortly before the president began speaking at the rally.
“I’ve just been kicked out of the trump rally,” Gray tweeted less than 15 minutes later.
She later added: “First for me: Trump campaign tracked me down from pics i tweeted and escorted me out.”
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Crammed in crowd in the rain for trump rally in michigan. Not many masks pic.twitter.com/5DZ6JBVNK8
— Kathy Gray (@michpoligal) September 10, 2020
The New York Times responded, saying that Gray was removed “when she registered and attended as a member of the public.”
“We’re disappointed that the Trump campaign refused to credential our freelancer and then, when she registered and attended as a member of the public, they ejected her from the event,” a New York Times spokesperson said in a statement. “Our goal is to cover these campaign events and talk to voters about the candidates, and that’s what Kathy was trying to do.”
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New York Times reporter removed from Michigan Trump rally https://t.co/s1FQzfM5An pic.twitter.com/x2VgPR8dDt
— The Hill (@thehill) September 11, 2020
NIH Director Francis Collins says he was was “pretty puzzled” and “rather disheartened” by Trump’s crowded campaign rally in Michigan — at which few of the attendees could be seen wearing face masks and virtually none appeared to be social distancing https://t.co/WA3CDvElFw pic.twitter.com/zf4stQhmq1
— POLITICO (@politico) September 11, 2020
She’s lucky she wasn’t grabbed by the neck and slammed to the ground like the Time’s reporter. We are progressing from a soft tyranny to a hard tyranny. Imagine what things will be like with a Trump who has been gifted with 4 more years unleashed. No boundaries. No rules. No consequences. Emboldened.
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