You might have heard by now that Donald Trump, at a rally Monday night, called for a ban on Muslim immigration. That, of course, is the story that’s literally been heard around the world. There was more to the rally, such as the part where Trump called out a reporter at the back of the room and his supporters turned on her in a rage — at least that’s how the Daily Beast is reporting it.
Trump mocks young female reporter, points her out at rally, crowd turns on her in rage. https://t.co/GFzby0VIq2
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) December 8, 2015
Surprising no one, Trump defiantly kicked off his rally by calling most of the media “scum.” Then, according to The Daily Beast, “the GOP frontrunner turned his fury on NBC News’s Katy Tur—and got his South Carolina rally in on the act.”
Trump says much of the media is "absolute scum. Scum. They're totally dishonest people."
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 8, 2015
"Some of the media is terrific,” Trump says, but most of it is “scum."
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) December 8, 2015
Trump just said that 75% of the 'mainstream media' is 'absolute scum.'
— Laurie Penny (@PennyRed) December 8, 2015
Trump just called 75% of the media, "absolute scum." He claims mainstream media wants us to surrender our constitutional rights.
— Adam L. Penenberg (@Penenberg) December 8, 2015
Trump says most media are "absolute scum" and attacks "little" @KatyTurNBC
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 8, 2015
Trump encourages a mob to turn on NBC reporter @KatyTurNBC. Scary. He’s the scum.
— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) December 8, 2015
"Most of the media is absolute scum" – Trump
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) December 8, 2015
That’s Katy Tur, the young female reporter who was called out from the stage by Trump for an earlier report that Black Lives Matter protesters had forced Trump to cut his speech short and leave the stage. The Gateway Pundit has provided a transcript of Trump’s remarks:
I had one the other day where I finished a speech and they said, “Oh, Trump was interrupted and he left early.” Like, uh, I spoke for forty-five, fifty minutes. I then answered question, questions. And then I went around to –you know, everybody knew it was false.
Amazingly there’s a media group that calls the media. And the next day they did the most beautiful story about what a lie it was from NBC.
She’s back there–little Katy–she’s back there. What a lie it was, no, what a lie, Katy Tur, what a lie it was from NBC to have written that, it was a total lie.
Tur didn’t tweet about the crowd turning on her in a rage before continuing her coverage of the rally, saying only:
Awww. Women in the crowd are giving me sympathetic looks.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) December 8, 2015
@thedailybeast why the “female” qualifier?
— Jordy Wax (@jordy_wax) December 8, 2015
Why mention in their coverage that she’s 32 years old?
@thedailybeast if your reporter can t stand the heat please get out of the kitchen if ladies want 2 b respected quit crying
— TheFreeLand (@PalatinAtLarge) December 8, 2015
No crying from Tur. For the record, The Daily Beast reports that “Tur and NBC News didn’t respond to a request for comment, and aside from her brief tweet, Tur ignored the incident during her live standups for MSNBC from the rally.”
Tweets from some journalists suggested the threat to Tur’s safety was overplayed.
Trump goes after “Little Katy,” which @KatyTurNBC should wear with a badge of honor.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) December 8, 2015
@mviser @JSwiftTWS @KatyTurNBC Way to go, girl!!
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) December 8, 2015
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