Reporters Claim Ossoff, Handel Campaigns Barred Them from Events On Eve of Special Election
A reporter from The Washington Free Beacon was not allowed into an Jon Ossoff campaign event on the eve of the special election in Georgia.
Brent Scher of the Free Beacon tweeted this Monday night.
The @FreeBeacon has been told that it is not welcome at tonight’s @ossoff event pic.twitter.com/lzXfForIGG
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) June 20, 2017
Scher sent a followup tweet that pointed out the irony that the Ossoff campaign cheered “This is what democracy looks like!” while he was barred from being allowed in.
There is currently a “This is what democracy looks like” chant going on during an event that I am barred from
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) June 20, 2017
Other journalists tweeted out their support for Scher.
It was bullshit when Trump did this to outlets his campaign perceived as “liberal” and it’s bullshit when Ossoff does this now https://t.co/ez3CqGVaus
— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) June 20, 2017
this is crap and outlets who aren’t on the blacklist should express their objections. https://t.co/2NEvI9GDJa
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) June 20, 2017
Reporter banned from campaign event https://t.co/wzw9tRyw2s
— Charley Grant (@CGrantWSJ) June 20, 2017
This wouldn’t even be acceptable if the @FreeBeacon reporter in question was @FBillMcMorris https://t.co/TSCTLMymKK
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) June 20, 2017
Candidate hasn’t even won election and is already adopting the ways of Washington nowadays. https://t.co/sJXtoKgtmw
— Evan Pérez (@evanperez) June 20, 2017
Scher being barred from the Ossoff event may not be a coincidence. A few days ago, he published this article that alleges the Ossoff campaign was giving him a hard time… simply for doing his job. And earlier in the day, he fact-checked the Ossoff campaign’s claim that the Democratic candidate lived “three blocks” outside of the 6th District, which was something Ossoff received bad press about. Scher walked from Ossoff’s house to the district and his journey took him two hours, or 3.2 miles.
Also tonight, ThinkProgress reporter Kira Lerner is alleging that the campaign of GOP candidate Karen Handel blocked her from events after she confronted the Republican about health care earlier in the day:
My day in summary:
Asked @karenhandel about unpopular health care bill.
Got blocked from Handel campaign events https://t.co/0Zi7onNXFb
— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) June 19, 2017
Update: Handel campaign blocked @thinkprogress from her final event of the day. Tell kate@karenhandel.com how you feel about that decision!
— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) June 19, 2017
I was the only reporter blocked from Handel campaign event tonight
— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) June 20, 2017
Ossoff and Handel face off tomorrow and recent polls show a dead heat between the two of them.
