Washington – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to toss a news anchor with the Spanish-language Univision network out of a press conference, in his latest tussle with a U.S. television personality.
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“I’m not a bully,” Trump told NBC in an interview.
On Tuesday, Univision’s Jorge Ramos was removed from Trump’s news conference in Dubuque, Iowa, after the business mogul-turned-candidate said the journalist was asking a question out of turn.
“He was totally out of line last night,” Trump said of Ramos, speaking on NBC’s “Today” program.
Ramos, who has been critical of Trump’s stance on immigration, said he was waiting for his turn to ask a question on the subject when Trump ordered him out.
“He didn’t like my question and when he didn’t like my question then he motioned so the one security guard would come where I was and then threw me out of the press conference,” Ramos told ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
The dust-up is the latest involving a television anchor and the outspoken Trump, who also has faced criticism for his war-of-words with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly following that network’s recent Republican presidential debate.
Trump is locked in a legal battle with Univision over the network’s recent decision to cancel its contract to broadcast the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, co-owned by Trump, after he made controversial remarks about Latino immigrants.
Ramos has been equally vocal about Trump’s stance on immigration, telling CNN earlier this month that it was “not only disgraceful but dangerous” and fueling some criticism about his work as an objective journalist.
“He has to explain how he wants to deport 11 million people,” Ramos told ABC on Wednesday. “As journalists, we are not only required but we are forced to take a stand and clearly when Mr. Trump is talking about immigration in an extreme way, we have to confront him.”
Trump has called for building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, deporting illegal immigrants and ending birthright citizenship.
When you watch the whole clip, the guy was out of line
Waiting to see all the loser comments about how Trump didn’t want to take the Loservision Reporter’s question.
FYI, if you see the unedited video, Trump actually allws him back in and answers his questions.
Ramos is the bully here who thinks people will lay down in front of him because he’s the sacred cow minority.
That’s not what happened. He might have been waiting his turn as others were but he was NOT called upon, so he did not wait with respect and patience. He stood up and shouted out his question which others did NOT do. And therefor Trump told him he was not called upon so he should sit down, but he continued and once again Trump told him he was not called upon so he should sit down and wait his turn and turned back to the reporter he did call upon. But there was NO stopping him. He was disrespectful and inconsiderate of Trump and the rest of the reporters there who were acting with civility and decorum.
Trump is 100% in the right here. Mr. Ramos couldn’t have been less professional. He could have waited his turn, but he let his personal hatred of Trump (well documented) cloud his judgment. He should be fired from Univision.
Not surprising that someone who advocates legalization of those immigrants who didn’t wait their turn to get in, would also jump ahead of everyone else.
In any case, Trump tseshmettert him. I heard the tape.
The media and Lind are beside themselves !
Trump does not get ruffled when the pack comes at him he fires back!