Trump is Considering Moving the Press Out of the White House

Source: RedState | January 15, 2017 | Susan Wright

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With the exception of Fox News, who are all aboard the Trump train, Trump has had to face the withering scrutiny of the press, and he doesn’t like it.

The word coming out of the Trump camp today is that a President Trump will be kicking the press out of the White House.

The question that now remains is why?

There are conflicting reports coming from Trump’s people.

Instead, the press corps may work out of the White House Conference Center, near Lafayette Square, or in the Old Executive Office Building, next door to the White House, Esquire reported.

“There has been no decision,” said Sean Spicer, Trump’s incoming White House press secretary, adding “there has been some discussion about how to do it.”

The current press corps area within the White House has about 49 seats. Spicer pointed to last week’s press conference and said that the media capacity had to be capped at 400, when there were thousands who requested access.

This move to relocate the press corps is simply to make more room for those who want access to the new president.

However, a senior member of Trump’s team has gone as far as to refer to the press as the “opposition party.”

“I want ’em out of the building,” the senior official told Esquire. “We are taking back the press room.”
Trump often rails on the media, accusing reporters of dishonest and biased coverage against him.

Many are cheering Trump’s rejection of the media, too readily forgetting that a free press is a pillar of a free society.

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