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In reply to the discussion: Reporters Fire Back After Ocasio-Cortez Defends Barring Press From Town Hall So People Would... [View all]gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not Congress. Holding one campaign appearance without the media is not an abridgment of anyone's rights under the First Amendment.
If the media are really interested in covering her campaign, they can come to the next rally. She closed this one because she's talking with some incredibly vulnerable people who are being kidnapped and tortured by the government, and the media have demonstrated that they can't be trusted to protect them. But for those who are distressed by this horrible breach on media etiquette (replicated several times every month by President Trump at his "campaign rallies," who is an actual elected official, not just a candidate like Ocasio-Cortez), then by all means volunteer, donate, canvass, and vote for Anthony Pappas.