Trump kept attacking the media anyway.
A BBC camera operator was attacked at a rally held by President Donald Trump in El Paso, Texas, on Monday — one where the president repeatedly goaded his fans into booing the media.
The camera operator, identified by a colleague as Ron Skeans, was attacked by a man wearing a red Trump hat who could be heard yelling, “Fuck the media!”
Here’s footage:
The incident was also captured from another angle:
Trump paused his speech while the assailant was escorted away. The audience responded with a smattering of “CNN sucks!” chants that eventually morphed into “Trump! Trump! Trump!”
According to the BBC, the assailant “shoved and swore at the BBC’s Ron Skeans and other news crews before being pulled away.” Skeans described a “very hard shove” coming from behind him:
BBC editor Paul Danahar tweeted on Tuesday that in light of the incident, he’s asked the White House to review security arrangements for members of the media covering Trump’s rallies.
On Tuesday afternoon, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders denounced the attack in generic terms.
