But security personnel stopped him again, DelReal said, and then called over two county sheriff’s deputies, who patted down DelReal’s legs and torsos, looking for his phone.
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While The Lima News was not permitted to speak with Pence after the event Friday, Pence lamented during his speech what he labeled as inadequate growth on the part of the USA economy, laying the blame on the “failed policies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton”. No tripods, monopods, selfie sticks, or GoPros. “Just try to spend a little time in prayer and a little time in the book every day and do my level best to live it out every day in my own personal life”. He was also turned away at a general admission door, where he was patted down by Waukesha County Sheriff’s deputies.
DelReal made a decision to cave in to the security official’s request and put his cell phone and laptop in his vehicle and came back in line where he was detained and invasively patted down by security personnel. “I don’t want you here. You have to go, ‘” DelReal told the Post.
Joining him is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a former rival and recent Trump convert, who campaigned for Cruz ahead of the April primary.
Trump has a rough relationship with many in the media due to his perception of unfair coverage, and his campaign actively shuts reporters from Politico, Washington Post, and other organizations out of his events.
Martin Baron, the executive editor at The Post, said DelReal was subjected to “bullying treatment that no ordinary citizen has to endure”. All of this took place in a public facility no less. “I had a long – I have a long history, as you well know, Hugh, of advocating and defending for a free and independent press”.
Bob Grand, national finance chair for Pence’s vice presidential campaign, said he believes corporations will look positively at Pence, while acknowledging a lack of “Wall Street strategy”.
“It sounds like they misinterpreted what they were supposed to be doing”, he said. “This is not our policy”.
“I’m sure Democrats are taking to the podium even at this very hour, they’re talking about how good things are”. During that speech he promised “problems” for disliked members of the press if he were to win the White House. “They’re going to have such problems”.
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The incident involving DelReal marks another in a series of run-ins between the press and the campaign.
