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August 21, 2018

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August 17, 2018

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. “It’s not been a policy of the campaign,” Trent said. “It won’t 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

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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