Conservative Female Journalists Call on Trump on Fire Corey Lewandowski

A group of conservative female journalists issued an open letter Wednesday calling for the removal of Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski after he was arrested Tuesday for battery of former Breitbart journalist Michelle Fields.

“The press is to have an adversarial, yet civil approach to those in, or running, for elected office. Never in this line of work is it acceptable to respond to reasonable and legitimate questioning with use of physical force,” the statement reads.

“The photographs, audio, videos, and witness account documenting the treatment of Michelle Fields by Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump‘s campaign manager, are inexcusable and unprofessional,” it continues. “Donald Trump should immediately remove Lewandowski from his campaign. The Trump campaign has stated that Lewandowski will not be fired even if convicted, however unlike the Trump campaign, we believe in making a statement on the record to clearly highlight the difference between right and wrong.”

Among the letter’s signatories are Fox News contributors Katie Pavlich and Meghan McCain, CNN contributors S.E. Cupp and Mary Katharine Ham, and The Blaze’s Dana Loesch. Only one of Fields’ former Breitbart colleagues signed the letter, Mary Chastain.

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