The White House Correspondents’ Association is very upset that President Trump ditched the pool of reporters for his drive-by outside of Walter Reed hospital on Sunday:
WHCA is unhappy over Trump’s outing: “It is outrageous for the president to have left the hospital — even briefly — amid a health crisis without a protective pool present to ensure that the American people know where their president is and how he is doing.”
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) October 4, 2020
You see, the White House called a “lid” hours earlier which means the reporters weren’t on hand to watch the drive-by, which, coincidentally, was somehow captured live on multiple news video feeds as it happened:
A lid was called at 3pm and not lifted, thus the protective @WhiteHouse media pool was not present for the drive-by.
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) October 4, 2020
So, they’re mad that they weren’t on hand to capture what the pool camera was on hand to capture?
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The WH Correspondent’s Assn quick to issue an angry statement calling it “outrageous for the president to have left the hospital – even briefly – during a health crisis without a protective (press) pool.” Video of the drive-by caught by TV Network pool camera across the street. pic.twitter.com/AJXmn3b1wb
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 4, 2020
Full statement from WHCA President Zeke Miller here:
Statement from WHCA President @ZekeJMiller on Trump’s covid parade outside Walter Reed just now pic.twitter.com/4SVVQE39fy
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) October 4, 2020
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