In what is hopefully not becoming a trend on the campaign trail, another reporter alleged she was roughed up by a presidential candidate’s security officer.
Posted to Twitter on Monday, The Post and Courier reporter Emma Dumain said she was “all but pushed” by a member of Sen. Ted Cruz’s security team.
.@tedcruz campaign security officer just grabbed my purse to keep me from interviewing him and all but pushed me into a wall.
— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) March 21, 2016
Just moments after tweeting, Dumain followed up with an update.
Campaign staff apologetic about incident – it was one individual -but that security guard needs to be retrained.
— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) March 21, 2016
Another apology followed from the Republican candidate himself who also gave the reporter an interview.
Personal apology from Cruz and got my interview. Appreciated the gesture very much.
— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) March 21, 2016
Though Dumain was still “miffed,” the incident seemed to be handled quickly and professionally.
.@tedcruz security officer brought out to explain he was trying to do his job, didn’t know who I was. Appreciate the gesture. Still miffed.
— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) March 21, 2016
After posting the tweets, Dumain made an effort to distinguish her experience from that of Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields who filed assault charges against Donald Trump’s campaign manager after he allegedly grabbed and bruised her arm at a campaign event. Fields and five others quit Breitbart following the fallout from the incident.
This incident was not at all like what has been reported out of Trump rallies. I want to make that clear. I was not hurt. 1/2
— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) March 21, 2016
2/2 I appreciate Cruz campaign’s proactive effort to clear up misunderstanding. I still don’t think I should have been treated like that.
— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) March 21, 2016
In response to some of the negative comments she received on her Twitter postings, Dumain reemphasized that things were handled well.
Let me just tag this @tedcruz so people calling me a mean feminist whiner can see how this ended: https://t.co/qOkTrCBNLJ
— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) March 21, 2016
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