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Reporter Dragged Away From Near Air Force One
I’m sure we’ll hear all kinds of White House spin about this situation later today, but here’s what NBC is reporting:
A reporter for a small newspaper was forcibly removed from a press area near Air Force One shortly before President Barack Obama arrived at Los Angeles International Airport to depart California early Thursday.
Airport security officers carried the woman away by the feet and arms as she protested her removal.
She later identified herself as Brenda Lee, a writer for the Georgia Informer in Macon and said she has White House press credentials. The newspaper’s Web site says it is a monthly publication, and a Brenda Lee column is posted on it.
The story is that the woman asked a Secret Service agent if he would give the president a letter for her. The agent refused and referred her to a White House staffer.
The woman, Brenda Lee, refused to give it to the staffer and said she would just hang on to it and give it to the president herself if he walked by.
The staffer became visibly annoyed that she would not give him the letter and he had her escorted outside the gate.
Later on, the officers allowed her return if she promised not to get rowdy and yell or wave her arms. However, moments later “other” officers appeared and told her to leave.
When she refused, they physically picked her up and dragged her away.
According to NBC, the letter from Lee was to encourage president Obama to stand-up for traditional marriage.
I guess Ms. Lee wasn’t aware that like Miss California, the president believes marriage should indeed be between one man and one woman — much to the chagrin of the gay community who continue to pretend this isn’t so.
-Chris Jones
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