Trump Campaign Denies Major Outlets Access to Election Watch Party After They ‘P*ssed’ Them Off With Coverage
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Several major news outlets were denied access to former President Donald Trump’s election night watch party on Tuesday after they allegedly “pissed off” the Trump campaign with their coverage.
According to CNN, reporters for Puck, Politico, Axios, and Voice of America were all denied press credentials for the event.
Puck political correspondent Tara Palmeri was reportedly denied press credentials for the event after she wrote an article about “anxiety” and “sweat” within the Trump campaign.
“I know I told you that I would be covering the Trump election night party from Palm Beach but turns out I have pissed off Trump’s campaign manager with my reporting and they decided to deny my credentials,” Palmeri announced on her podcast, adding that she would now be covering the election from Los Angeles.
Some outlets, including Politico, had reportedly been approved to attend the event, only for their credentials to be pulled last minute.
According to CNN, an entire team of reporters and a photographer had been given the green light to attend Trump’s event, only to realize on Tuesday morning that their credentials had been rejected.
“The person suggested the decision was made in response to an article in Politico magazine, which reported that a Trump campaign field director was fired for being a White nationalist,” CNN reported.
The Trump campaign appeared to confirm the report on social media, with campaign manager Chris LaCivita claiming that Palmeri had been “DENIED credentials to enter Mar-a-largo to cover election night due to her ‘proclivity’ to write bullshit.”
An unnamed source “familiar with the campaign’s decisions” also told CNN that other reporters had been denied credentials due to their supposedly “inaccurate” coverage.
