Trump denies access to AP reporter

[Big girl]

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Isn't this unconstitutional? How can he not know this?

[LumRaiderFan]

The reporter, whom the AP would not identify...

🙂

[Reagan]

2 hours ago, Big girl said:

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Isn't this unconstitutional? How can he not know this?

What did Biden do?

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[Reagan]

2 hours ago, Big girl said:

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Isn't this unconstitutional? How can he not know this?

I think the only thing constitutional for this journalist is the right to say what they want.  I don't think there's any constitutional right to go in the Oval Office for an event.  

[LumRaiderFan]

20 minutes ago, Reagan said:

I think the only thing constitutional for this journalist is the right to say what they want.  I don't think there's any constitutional right to go in the Oval Office for an event.  

Yeah, I don’t recall reading that in the Constitution, lol.

[baddog]

Funny how with everything else that is happening, this is a priority story. 

[UT alum]

1 hour ago, LumRaiderFan said:

Yeah, I don’t recall reading that in the Constitution, lol.

He doesn’t have to talk to anyone if he so chooses. Not very American, but then again…

[LumRaiderFan]

1 hour ago, baddog said:

Funny how with everything else that is happening, this is a priority story. 

It’s only priority for folks that can’t handle the immediate success coming from the Trump administration.

Like I said earlier, it’s entertaining watching snowflakes melt.

[bullets13]

4 hours ago, Reagan said:

What did Biden do?

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This article talks about trump doing something similar in his first presidency 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Big girl]

18 hours ago, Reagan said:

I think the only thing constitutional for this journalist is the right to say what they want.  I don't think there's any constitutional right to go in the Oval Office for an event.  

It is alarming that the Trump administration would punish AP for its independent journalism,” Pace said 

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 “Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment.”

[mat]

Good answer

 

[thetragichippy]

2 hours ago, Big girl said:

it plainly violates the First Amendment.”

The First Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Maybe you can explain how refusing a reporter in the white house violates any of the above?

[UT alum]

On 2/13/2025 at 10:26 AM, thetragichippy said:

The First Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Maybe you can explain how refusing a reporter in the white house violates any of the above?

Not a reporter. A whole news organization. Associated Press. Because they refuse to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as anything else. They don’t call it what Trump says to call it. That abridges their right to call it by either name, or no name, for that matter. Denied access by the commander in chief because they don’t say it the way HE wants. Could it be any clearer?

[thetragichippy]

17 hours ago, UT alum said:

Not a reporter. A whole news organization. Associated Press. Because they refuse to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as anything else. They don’t call it what Trump says to call it. That abridges their right to call it by either name, or no name, for that matter. Denied access by the commander in chief because they don’t say it the way HE wants. Could it be any clearer?

The first amendment protects them and lets them report what they want, but the first amendment does not grant or guarantee the AP a chair in a press briefing or in Air Force 1. 

Lets ne honest, it is petty on Trumps administration to exclude them, but it in no way violates the first amendment, 

[baddog]

23 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

The first amendment protects them from reporting what they want, but the first amendment does not grant or guarantee the AP a chair in a press briefing or in Air Force 1. 

Lets ne honest, it is petty on Trumps administration to exclude them, but it in no way violates the first amendment, 

Simple solution….calling it the Gulf of Mexico is actually misinformation and against the rules of true journalism. Simply call it the Gulf of America. How hard is that?

[baddog]

Well, here we go. This is for all of the whiners. With all the misspent $billions being recovered for all of us taxpayers, this is what the left is interested in????

 

[Big girl]

On 2/15/2025 at 10:40 AM, thetragichippy said:

The first amendment protects them and lets them report what they want, but the first amendment does not grant or guarantee the AP a chair in a press briefing or in Air Force 1. 

Lets ne honest, it is petty on Trumps administration to exclude them, but it in no way violates the first amendment, 

I disagree

[thetragichippy]

4 hours ago, Big girl said:

I disagree

You can disagree all you want, but it does not change the facts….