The White House Correspondents’ Association called on President Donald Trump on Tuesday to make it clear to his supporters that violence against journalists is unacceptable, following an attack on a BBC cameraman at the president’s rally the previous evening.
Olivier Knox, the president of the association, said in a statement that the organization “condemns the physical attack on our colleague at the president’s rally in El Paso, Texas.”
“We are relieved that, this time, no one was seriously hurt,” he said. “The president of the United States should make absolutely clear to his supporters that violence against reporters is unacceptable.”
View the complete February 12 article by Rebecca Morin on the Politico website here.