Trump kicks out TV anchor from press conference
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US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has taken on another popular TV news personality, this time a Spanish-language broadcaster who was eventually removed from a news conference.
The billionaire businessman engaged in a prolonged confrontation about his immigration policy on Tuesday with Jorge Ramos, the Miami-based anchor for Univision, during a news conference in Iowa.
On Tuesday, Ramos began to ask Trump about his immigration proposal, which includes ending automatic citizenship for infants born in the United States to parents in the country illegally.
Trump interrupted him, saying he hadn’t called on Ramos before repeatedly telling him to “sit down” and then saying, “Go back to Univision.”
As one of Trump’s security detail approached Ramos, the anchor continued to speak, saying: “You cannot deport 11 million people.” Ramos was referring to Trump’s proposal to deport all people in the country illegally before allowing some of them to return.
As he was taken from the room, Ramos said, “You cannot build a 1,900-mile wall,” another proposal in Trump’s plan.
Moments later, Trump defended Ramos’ removal, saying: “He just stands up and starts screaming. Maybe he’s at fault also.”
In an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” yesterday, Ramos said he was not expecting to be tossed from the news conference.
“Never in my life — and I’ve been a journalist for more than 30 years — have I been thrown out of a press conference,” he said.
Trump told NBC’s “Today” show that Ramos “stood up and started ranting and raving like a madman. He was totally, absolutely out of line.”
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