The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) on Wednesday criticized Donald Trump over his decision to ban Washington Post reporters from covering his rallies.
{mosads}“The White House Correspondents’ Association stands with the Washington Post and numerous other news outlets that Donald Trump has arbitrarily banned from his campaign events,” WHCA president and Wall Street Journal reporter Carol Lee said in a statement.
“Any nominee for the highest office in the country must respect the role of a free and adversarial press, not disown the principles of the First Amendment just because he or she does not like the tone or content of their coverage.”
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said in a Facebook post Monday that his campaign will be revoking the press credentials of reporters for the “phony and dishonest” Post.
“Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting of the record setting Trump campaign, we are hereby revoking the press credentials of the phony and dishonest Washington Post,” Trump wrote.