I’m gonna upfront with you on this – I despise Dana Milbank. But putting that aside, I still think that there’s absolutely no problem with the White House pulling his press pass:
He’s covered the White House for 21 years & 4 presidents.
— Brett Pransky (@BrettPransky) May 8, 2019
And today, Dana @Milbank’s press pass was revoked.
Trump isn’t flirting with authoritarianism. He’s committing to it. https://t.co/vxLhOjtDEq
Oh shut up. Obama literally filed lawsuits against journalists, but sure whine about this BS.
This White House had no problem letting in every nutjob who could stand at the podium and flash a white power sign, but now they’ve decided Dana Milbank’s press pass should be revoked after 21 years.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) May 8, 2019
Dan MacLaughlin has a better view of this:
Presidents shouldn't be kicking newsgathering reporters off the grounds, but it's hard for me to get too exercised given how little evidence in Milbank's work there is of him actually doing any such thing.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 9, 2019
Yes, Milbank is infamous for misreporting events when he actually shows up. Oh, does @MZHemingway have some stories. https://t.co/GOdIln2RST
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 9, 2019
Yeah, this idiot has been a liberal democratic activist pretending to be a journalist for years. This is just not that big a deal, and it’s certainly not “authoritarian.” If anything, I’d support the Trump administration saying they banned him because of his racist jokes against Hispanics…