Posted on 03/10/2016 9:59:42 PM PST by Steelfish
After an Alleged Assault, the Trump Campaign Launches a Vicious, Deceptive Attack on Michelle Fields
by DAVID FRENCH, March 10, 2016.
Breitbart and the Trump campaign are locked in a war of words after Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, reportedly attacked Breitbart’s Michelle Fields Tuesday night rather than let her ask Trump a question regarding affirmative action. Breitbart is calling for an apology, but the Trump campaign has not only flatly denied Fields’s allegations, it has counterattacked Fields personally, spewing forth a series of rather obvious lies and distortions.
First, the background: Tuesday night — shortly after Trump’s triumphant press conference following his primary victories in Michigan and Mississippi — Fields claimed Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski reportedly grabbed her and yanked her away from the candidate to prevent her from asking a question.
Here’s Fields: Trump acknowledged the question, but before he could answer I was jolted backwards. Someone had grabbed me tightly by the arm and yanked me down. I almost fell to the ground, but was able to maintain my balance. Nonetheless, I was shaken. The Washington Post’s Ben Terris immediately remarked that it was Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, who aggressively tried to pull me to the ground. I quickly turned around and saw Lewandowski and Trump exiting the building together.
No apology. No explanation for why he did this. Fields continued: Campaign managers aren’t supposed to try to forcefully throw reporters to the ground, no matter the circumstance. But what made this especially jarring is that there was no hint Trump was done taking questions. No one was pushing him to get away. He seemed to have been happily answering queries from my fellow reporters just a moment before. Writing in the Washington Post, Terris corroborated Fields’s account:
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Yeah, poor little fragile thing. The NYPD was helping her up, which they didn’t have to do.
I’ve researched Michelle Field’s history. Funny how she’s always a “victim”.
She lied about Allen West sexually harassing her and lied about the NYPD attacking her.
About the alleged attack tonight, where is the proof? You’ll forgive me if I don’t believe the liberal Washington Post version of the story.
She’s just not credible. Good try, though.
She’s a proven LIAR.. Let’s see video proof. Trump is always on camera.
National Review and Megyn Kelly trying to make this a big deal. This is the same woman who falsely accused Allan West.
No Video as of yet but audio recording has been posted as a transcript already.
The cameras tend to be on the primary individual in this case Trump not on the people in front of him clearing the way
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/03/10/breitbart-reporter-doubts-coworker-s-trump-story.html
Patrick Howley was suspended for doubting Fields’ story. He had covered many campaign rallies and events with Trump before.
Breitbart now funded by Hedge Fund Manager Robert Mercer a major Cruz supporter/funder...not same site it was when Andrew ran it :(
National Review and Megyn Kelly trying to make this a big deal. This is the same woman who falsely accused Allan West.
Had not heard that before! Thanks for posting.
Yeah, poor little fragile thing. The NYPD was helping her up, which they didn’t have to do.
I’ve researched Michelle Field’s history. Funny how she’s always a “victim”.
She lied about Allen West sexually harassing her and lied about the NYPD attacking her.
About the alleged attack tonight, where is the proof? You’ll forgive me if I don’t believe the liberal Washington Post version of the story.
She’s just not credible. Good try, though.
Yeah, MK was a real Pip tonight. I had to turn her off. Lou Dobbs was excellent this evening.
Thank you
Surely someone captured this incident on video
Someone is always videoing Trump
Always
Meanwhile will the real Allen West please stand up
Anyone have trouble with a "professional; reporter" leaving such wide holes in a story????? How do the words "immediate" and "quickly" allow her to see them exiting the building together? I guess for the anti-Trump folks it won't matter because they know teleporters exist from watching TV...
Her story as posted has more holes in it than a hillbilly has gaps between where his teeth used to be - yet the hillbilly continues to go on the attack with pathetically moronic "information".
The “bruises” too. I get bruises like that playing with my dog—people bruise at different rates for different reasons. Can’t stand these prissy twits.
This is the same bimbo that accused Allen West of sexually harassing her.
I have not been able to find any evidence that Michelle Fields ever accused Allen West of sexually harassing her. Does anyone have any video or source, perhaps something in her own words, something other than GotNews for this claim?
FWIW, the accusations against West came from blogger Chuck C. Johnson on his GotNews site.
Gotnews.com can independently confirm that conservative icon Allen West sexually harassed two different women at Pajamas Media using more than a dozen sources.
West, who was fired from Pajamas Media, grabbed the breast of then 24-year-old, Michelle Fields in front of an elevator while the two of them were colleagues. Fields declined to be interviewed on record but three different sources at PJ Media confirmed this story. (Update: Fields repeatedly and emphatically refused comment on the record and asked that I change her earlier confirmation which I have now done.)
We only have Chuck C. Johnson’s word that Fields ever related this to him in the 1st place or allegedly confirmed and then denied the story to him and FWIW, Johnson is not a reliable or credible source.
http://gotnews.com/breaking-exclusive-allen-west-has-sexually-harassed-at-least-two-women/
Note that he (Johnson) also made the claim linked to above from 2015 that PJ Media was shutting down (which it hasn’t) and that West’s alleged groping and sexual harassment of Fields and allegedly of Sarah Culvahouse Mills (and of other un-named women that Johnson says committed marital infidelity with) was the reason for West’s departure from PJ Media, something not supported by any evidence although it may have been related to West using a non-PC term toward a Jewish female employee.
Was discussed here:
Maybe for a split second her brushed up against her so now she’s hollering he pushed down down. Like I said before ask Colonel Allen West how stable this groupie is.
No, and you probably won’t either:)
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