A reporter working at the White House has claimed that he and his colleagues were threatened by a man who thought they were staffers working for President Trump.
Saagar Enjeti, a reporter with The Daily Caller, tweeted that a man hanging around the media entrance of the White House believed that it was actually the staff entrance, and shouted obscenities and death threats.
Man outside the White House thinks the media entrance is for staff and screamed obscenities at myself and a few @dailycaller interns. Said he hopes somebody shoots us all with an AR15
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) August 23, 2018
Enjeti explained that he knew the guy thought they were staffers because of his specific obscene language.
For those asking I know he thought we were staff because he said “f*** all you b**** working for trump”
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) August 23, 2018
Mike Pence press secretary Alyssa Farah picked up on the tweet and suggested that Enjeti report the incident to the Secret Service:
Report to Secret Service if you haven’t already
— Alyssa Farah (@Alyssafarah) August 23, 2018
Enjeti responded that he would take the advice:
Will do
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) August 23, 2018
They were but the guy was on a bike and almost immediately rode off, not sure if they heard it
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) August 23, 2018
Another reporter, Bloomberg’s Megan O’Neil said that the same thing has happened to her before:
Mistaken for a staffer, I too was harangued leaving the White House after a recent late night pool duty shift. Startled me. https://t.co/CN8rjV54sK
— Megan O'Neil (@ByMeganONeil) August 23, 2018
Some suggested that such incidents are part of the fallout of the media’s constant obstruction campaign and witch hunt to take down Trump:
This is the culture of intolerance and violence the MSM created. Imagine being an average person just wearing a #MAGA hat.
— Beth (@Deplora_Beth) August 23, 2018
Thank the media, @RepMaxineWaters & @DNC for the threats towards anyone working for @realDonaldTrump . They probably have a HQ full of photos of "staff" along with ambush plans & places to protest the staff frequents.
— Kelly Topilnycky (@littlebitsnbob4) August 23, 2018
Indeed, The Daily Caller also discovered this week that some leftists regard the MAGA hat as being an equally bad symbol as a Nazi swastika:
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