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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSecret Service had to protect MSNBC’s Katy Tur after Donald Trump incited crowd against her
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/secret-service-had-to-protect-msnbcs-katy-tur-after-donald-trump-incited-crowd-against-her/25605/Just one day after Donald Trump tried to incite his supporters to violence against his opponent Hillary Clinton if she defeats him in the election, it turns out this isnt the first time Trump has done something like this toward a woman who got under his skin. MSNBC reporter Katy Tur, who has spent more than a year traveling with the Trump campaign, revealed today that the Secret Service had to protect her from Trumps crowd after he attempted to incite them against her.
While Tur was covering a Trump rally in Mount Pleasant, he took his longtime grudge with her public. He didnt approve of how she had covered an earlier incident, so he privately demanded that she apologize, which she refused to do. So Trump retaliated by pointing to Tur and saying to the crowd. What a lie. Katy Tur. What a lie it was. Third. Rate. Reporter. Remember that.
The crowd of Trump supporters turned so fiercely against Katy Tur that she says the Secret Service had to protect her while she was walking to her car, simply to keep her safe. Shes referring to it as an extraordinary step. The agents are specifically tasked with protecting people such as Presidential nominees, and it is in fact rare that they would feel compelled to protect a reporter due to the unsafe situation shed been placed in by the candidate theyre protecting.
Although this incident happened months ago, Tur kept quiet about it until after Donald Trump suggested that his supporters should turn violent against Hillary Clinton yesterday. That prompted the Secret Service to step in and talk to Trump about the matter, even as a would-be assailant tried to rush the stage while Hillary Clinton was speaking today. Katy Turs full essay on the matter can be found here.
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Secret Service had to protect MSNBC’s Katy Tur after Donald Trump incited crowd against her (Original Post)
Photographer
Aug 2016
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Well, did the secret service talk to Trump about the Hillary incident or did they not?
anamandujano
Aug 2016
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kentuck
(111,104 posts)1. Wow !
What a courageous young reporter !
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)2. Well, did the secret service talk to Trump about the Hillary incident or did they not?
It keeps getting reported and then denied.
tblue37
(65,408 posts)3. Link to Tur's excellent essay:
Chiyo-chichi
(3,581 posts)4. It's a good read.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)5. All America should be asking themselves ...
"Do we want to vote a lunatic like this into any public office?"
malaise
(269,057 posts)6. So has NBC withdrawn her and stopped covering Don the Con
If not they are part of the problem
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)7. Wow! I really see her with new respect. This is a terrific piece both personal and behind the scene
to Katy Tur.
panader0
(25,816 posts)8. Didn't Stinky the Clown have an OP saying Tur wasn't paid enough?
He was very correct.