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August 21, 2018
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August 18, 2018
Michigan Governor race: Gretchen Whitmer leads Republican by 9% in new poll
https://twitter.com/taniel/status/1030557248815280133?s=21
August 17, 2018
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/08/17/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-will-be-facing-really-intense-scrutiny/
Ocasio-Cortez Communications Director: We will not exclude the Press from future events
Corbin Trent spoke to The Washington Post:
But Trent confirmed that it would not be happening again. Its not been a policy of the campaign, Trent said. It wont be the policy of the campaign. Asked whether there would be any such media exclusions going forward, Trent said: No.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/08/17/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-will-be-facing-really-intense-scrutiny/
August 17, 2018
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Ocasio-Cortez slammed for banning press from public event
Source: The Hill
New York Democratic House candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is facing blowback on social media after she banned reporters from a public town hall event earlier this week.
The event, which took place Sunday in the Queens borough of New York City, was open to the public but not the media.
Ocasio-Cortez's spokesman, Corbin Trent, told the Queens Chronicle that the banning was "an outlier" and the campaign is "still adjusting our logistics to fit Alexandria's national profile."
A spokesperson for Ocasio-Cortez's campaign declined to comment further to The Hill.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/media/402360-ocasio-cortez-slammed-for-banning-press-from-public-event
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