There will be many, many happy people in MSM newsrooms around the country tonight.
Breitbart’s Jeff Poor reports that he’s been denied entry to the Donald Trump–Luther Strange rally in Alabama:
And Breitbart is denied entry into Trump-Strange rally #alpolitics pic.twitter.com/K9cczUvbrP
— Jeff Poor (@jeff_poor) September 22, 2017
Maybe it’s because of the way Breitbart has been covering Sen. Strange?
Breitbart has aggressively covered/opposed Strange, Trump's pick https://t.co/I4WngJb71F
— Katie Watson (@kathrynw5) September 22, 2017
Update 10:05 pm. Nevertheless, he persisted:
I made it in, with an assist from the White House. Better late than never #alpolitics pic.twitter.com/4rtNN5qsMF
— Jeff Poor (@jeff_poor) September 23, 2017
Here’s some of the reaction…
Zac Petkanas, former Hillary staffer:
Oh this is super fun to watch. https://t.co/oHTMatIMqp
— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) September 22, 2017
Abby Phillip, Washington Post:
Odd times we are in https://t.co/7sjTJvvKjO
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) September 22, 2017
Joe Perticone, Business Insider:
This was wrong when Trump campaign did it to BuzzFeed and Politico and it's wrong now doing this to Breitbart, as bizarre as this is https://t.co/kVokZYHlIp
— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) September 22, 2017
John Talty, Alabama Media Group:
This might be the only time I'm totally okay with an outlet getting shut out https://t.co/MHVQnhOg9G
— John Talty (@JTalty) September 22, 2017
Alex Pappas, Fox News:
Breitbart not allowed to cover a Trump rally? https://t.co/a8RLhkyUo0
— Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) September 22, 2017
Kyle Smith, National Review Online:
It’s on. https://t.co/zksWOIGTNh
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) September 22, 2017
Steven Metz, World Policy Review columnist:
Give me a minute to search the Internet for an appropriate sad face. https://t.co/lu42T25jAV
— Steven Metz (@steven_metz) September 22, 2017
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Editor’s note: This post has been updated.