A female reporter tried to ask Donald Trump a question Tuesday night as he was leaving a Florida press conference, only to be "forcibly yanked" by Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, according to Politico. The reporter, Michelle Fields, who works for Breitbart News, was nearly brought down to the ground, Politico said, adding that a witness said she was "clearly roughed up." The run-in happened as Secret Service were clearing a path for Trump.
Fields's boyfriend, an editor with the website Daily Caller, had this to say about the incident:
Trump always surrounds himself w thugs. Tonight thug Corey Lewandowski tried to pull my gf @MichelleFields to ground when she asked tough qMarch 9, 2016
This is not the first time Trump's campaign has gotten physical with protesters or the press. Most recently, a photographer for Time magazine was thrown to the ground and choked by someone on Trump's Secret Service detail. (Breitbart, the outlet for which Fields works, is very pro-Trump, earning the label "Trumpbart" for its friendly coverage.)
In a statement given to Politico, Breitbart News CEO and president Larry Solov said Fields didn't know who grabbed her but was later told it was Lewandowski. Solov said he owes her an apology if he indeed yanked Fields's arm.
The 41-year-old Lewandowski is, according to The Wall Street Journal, similar to his boss in many ways. "He's brash and ambitious, demands loyalty and subsists on little sleep," the Journal reported, noting that Lewandowski guzzles a dozen Red Bull and Monster Energy drinks daily.
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