Several reporters are complaining about the treatment they received from Sanders’ staff at the Iowa State Fair.
They were pushed, shoved and had gates pushed into them.
Female reporters were especially miffed on being manhandled.
One photojournalist vented her anger at a Bernie staffer that was especially rough in pushing her around. She was seen screaming at the staffer.
A reporter for the Washington Examiner was told by a staffer that they weren’t allowing all journalists to follow Bernie around.
I guess what they meant was that conservative reporters need not apply.
The Washington Examiner‘s Joseph Simonson reported:
A campaign staffer for Bernie Sanders was screamed at by a local photojournalist who was repeatedly shoved following the Vermont senator’s remarks at the Iowa State Fair.
The confrontation erupted after members of the campaign relentlessly pushed the local journalists to make room for Sanders as he made his way to various attractions at the fair on Sunday.
The press pool erupted in chaos as Sanders left the campaign event, which was hosted by the Des Moines Register.
“Do not put your hands on me. You keep pushing me,” the female photographer yelled at the staffer.
Simonson added: “One staffer for the Des Moines Register pushed a gate into a reporter for the Washington Examiner after telling him that ‘not all press’ would be allowed to follow Sanders around.”
The Register stages the “Political Soapbox” for presidential candidates at the fair and is given privileged access to the candidates.