Vice Prezzy Mike Pence says that the Associated Press violated his wife’s privacy by publishing her email last night.
Last night the @AP published my wife's private email address, violating her privacy and our security…
— Vice President Pence (@VP) March 4, 2017
He’s demanding an apology.
When we requested they take it down, they refused. The @AP owes my wife an apology. pic.twitter.com/LdMmnewnWF
— Vice President Pence (@VP) March 4, 2017
More from the Washington Examiner:
In a Friday story, the Associated Press published Pence’s active private email address to millions of its readers. In turn, Paoletta said, Mrs. Pence was subjected to “vitriolic and malicious emails and raised serious security concerns.”
I’m seeing some defenders of the AP say that the email they released was already available to the public, but even if that’s the case, they could have been spreading it to people they knew would be using it for malicious reasons. What would have been the harm in redacting it?
At a time when the media is trying to shut down accusations from the Trump admin that they are unfair to Republicans, they really can’t afford this kind of crap. But all we see is an escalation of the war between Trump and the press. Even Bill O’Reilly says there’s no winner from that war.
Then again:
When Wikileaks published mine, I don't remember you chastising them. https://t.co/y7Z6U085kr
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) March 4, 2017
Well. Fine then. Whatever.