
President TrumpDonald TrumpSacha Baron Cohen calls out 'danger of lies, hate and conspiracies' in Golden Globes speech Sorkin uses Abbie Hoffman quote to condemn Capitol violence: Democracy is 'something you do' Ex-Trump aide Pierson planning run for Congress MORE's reelection campaign caught flak Thursday night after a man identified as a rally worker was pictured allegedly trying to block a photographer from capturing footage of a demonstrator.
During the president’s rally in Indiana, where Trump continued to ramp up his attacks against the news media, a man identified as a volunteer member of the president's advance team can be seen blocking the lens of a photographer.
Evan Vucci, The Associated Press' chief Washington photographer, posted a photo of the incident on Instagram, saying the photographer was trying to take a photo of a demonstrator at the rally.
The president’s campaign did not immediately return a request for comment from The Hill.
Among many things, this is such amateur hour. https://t.co/NcQbuZ7t9E
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 31, 2018
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: Trump staffer physically blocks you from seeing what is really going on. Stunning from from @evanvucci https://t.co/sN0Wr0m5Dz
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) August 31, 2018
America in 2018, apparently pic.twitter.com/PWCaDD7c77
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) August 31, 2018
Trump: "We as a country cannot tolerate political censorship! We are not going to let them control what we see!"
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) August 31, 2018
Only moments before, a Trump aide had physically blocked the lens of a press photographer to prevent him from taking a photo of a protestor. https://t.co/eo7Wn8TARq pic.twitter.com/E7jdEuQCNq
The incident occurred Thursday night as the president railed against the news media during a rally in support of Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun, who is also seeking to unseat Sen. Joe DonnellyJoseph (Joe) Simon DonnellyEverybody wants Joe Manchin Centrist Democrats pose major problem for progressives Biden and Schumer face battles with left if Democrats win big MORE (D-Ind.) in November.
During the rally, Trump attacked CNN and NBC, calling the latter "worse than CNN."
The president also went after a New York Times reporter over coverage of his past crowd size, saying the reporter "doesn't have a clue."