Well, folks, Team Trump has finally responded to those allegations about campaign manager Corey Lewandowski manhandling Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields.
And while this is about what we’ve come to expect from the Trump camp, that doesn’t make it any less appalling:
NEW: Trump campaign spokesperson Hope Hicks responds to allegations campaign manager assaulted Breitbart reporter: pic.twitter.com/LHRMKXzy3K
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 10, 2016
Whoa.
Unbelievable. Team Trump calls Fields and Breitbart liars. https://t.co/wolOl66vgf
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) March 10, 2016
@ABCPolitics So the #Trump campaign is now smearing @MichelleFields cc: @Jamie_Weinstein @benshapiro @NolteNC
— Tim Sumner (@SgtTim911) March 10, 2016
Un. Real.
https://twitter.com/FirstTeamTommy/status/708006259774062592
Not to mention there were eyewitnesses:
Eyewitness account of Trump staff manhandling — and bruising — Breitbart reporter. https://t.co/8trhRmKNDI pic.twitter.com/V3rYGhW06k
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) March 10, 2016
"We leave it to others whether this part of a larger pattern" I admire the Trump team's commitment to typos https://t.co/1aDn3xFqPG
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) March 10, 2016
Their commitment to integrity and keeping their story straight, however, is apparently less solid.
So Corey Lewandowski told Breitbart he didn’t realize it was a Breitbart reporter he’d grabbed… but now Trump camp says nothing happened?
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) March 10, 2016
Hey @CLewandowski_ , you have two stories going here, which is it? https://t.co/URqI1DdmsV
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 10, 2016
Something smells very rotten in Camp Trump.
I hope you all realize this probably means Corey Lewandoski is a clinical sociopath.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) March 10, 2016
It's no wonder we've seen such violence from Trump's supporters and now the campaign itself. And no wonder the campaign excuses itself.
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) March 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/708006695759450114
This is political malpractice – by denying that anything happened, you're guaranteeing it becomes a bigger story https://t.co/GXvHniNjCf
— delrayser (@delrayser) March 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/708005262905331712
Time for a new Trump tagline?
Team Trump-"Come For The White Pride, Stay For The Violence Against 100 lb Women!"
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) March 10, 2016
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Update:
‘Disavow this, Teflon Don’! Michelle Fields: Did these bruises ‘just magically’ appear? [photo]
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Related:
Daily Caller senior editor alleges Trump ‘thug’ assaulted Michelle Fields after presser
Breitbart Editor-at-Large: ‘Trump should fire Lewandowski immediately. No excuses.’
Report: Breitbart has suspended Patrick Howley over deleted Michelle Fields tweets [screenshot]
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