by Alex Lloyd Gross
Donald Trump wants to be President Of the United States. He is in a three way race between himself, Joe Biden and Robert Kennedy. Trump is courting the black vote and the minority vote, which is why he went to the Liacouras Center, in the heart of North Philly.
During Trump rallies, he hurls insults at just about everyone. He calls the media the “Enemy of the People”. His rhetoric has gotten people hurt. So it’s only fair that the media respond back in kind. His campaign media team are idiots. Yes, you read that right, idiots.
Media wishing to attend will fill out a form . Then most of them are DENIED credentials. Sure the TV stations and wire services are there but not smaller, independent outlets. This is where the crux of news gathering is done. The media riser looks full but it’s really not.
Shame on his campaign. No reputable media outlet will run “pool” photos or hand out photos. We will not run copy generated by a PR hack. We must be there in person. It’s the only way to speak with supporters that will tell us how wonderful Trump is. They will tell us why they are voting for him and what, in their opinion is wrong with other candidates. You cannot do that if you were not there.
Trump did do wonderful things during his presidency. The right to try law, his executive action calling for prison for protesters vandalizing monuments. He did some clunkers too. He failed to get with then Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and get the minimum wage raised. Congress passed a bill and it died in the senate. The same people that would have been helped by this raise are people in North Philly, just a stones throw from where he spoke. Some still slave away at $8-10/hr jobs.
Speaking of jobs, when you turn down media requests, you are hurting media outlets, may of whom are minority owned. That means media members cannot work.
So yes, Trump was there, a lot of media outlets were not. We cannot tell you what he said and what the crowd reaction was . The idiots running his media team did not think of that. In contrast, Both Kennedy and Biden welcome all media. Whether they print bad stories praise them, all are credentialed. Who is going to get better press? This story could have been about what Trump would do and how he would do it
Alex Lloyd Gross FILE PHOTO Donald Trump. file photo
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We would have interviewed his supporters. We cannot, we were not there. Instead you get this. If Trump was smart, he should take a page from his Apprentice show and gather his media team responsible for credentialing and tell them “YOU’RE FIRED.