Obama had a transgender illegal alien activist thrown out of the White House, and CNN’s Wolf Blitzer gushed with admiration.
But when a CNN journalist is informed she will be barred from a Rose Garden event because she refused to stop shouting questions at President Trump in the Oval Office after the event had concluded, apparently the end of democracy is near.… or something.
Funny how that works.
An activist interrupted President Obama on Wednesday at a White House event celebrating L.G.B.T. Pride Month to demand an end to the deportation of L.G.B.T. immigrants. The activist was escorted from the room amid a chorus of boos and jeers from the assembled guests.
The activist, Jennicet Gutiérrez, who is transgender and says she is in the country illegally, interrupted Mr. Obama shortly after he began speaking, calling from the back of the room, “President Obama, release all L.G.B.T.Q. immigrants from detention and stop all deportations!”
President Obama displayed little patience with the heckler, telling her, “You’re in my house” before having her removed.
“Shame on you, you shouldn’t be doing this,” he said, according to video of the incident posted to YouTube by Reuters. “Can we escort this person out? You can either stay and be quiet or we’ll have to take you out.”….
HT @almostjingo
When Obama had a journalist removed for heckling @wolfblitzer on @CNN called it an ugly incident that the President handled well#AttackOnMedia #LastWord@realDonaldTrump #KaitlanCollins pic.twitter.com/l0gakNDGZ7
— Rosie Perpetually Potentially Sensitive (@almostjingo) July 26, 2018
Here's @joshearnest in 2009 bragging about how well the Admin had demonstrated their ability and willingness to exclude @FoxNews from significant interviews to the Assistant Secretary of public Affairs #KaitlanCollins https://t.co/o98xlRMJuP pic.twitter.com/NUidMFtfO4
— Rosie Perpetually Potentially Sensitive (@almostjingo) July 26, 2018
White House on banning CNN reporter from event: ‘We support a free press’
2 Obama State Dept. ejections (not WH) in 2015.
https://freebeacon.com/culture/official-wapo-reporter-ejected-from-kerry-brief-was-shouting/
<= Adam Kredo, Wash. Free Beacon, reminds that in Nov. 2015, the State Dept. kicked a WaPo reporter out for shouting a question when it was not a question period. And earlier that year, Kredo was kicked out of a Iran nuke deal briefing in Vienna, Austria, by the State Dept. who objected to his presence even though Austria had given him a credential.