Liberal activist, blogger banned from Trump rally [View all]
Source: Bangor Daily News
Officials at the Donald Trump rally in Bangor on Wednesday were selective about who they let in and who they kept out. Among the latter group was Mike Tipping, a Bangor Daily News blogger and spokesman for the Maine People’s Alliance, who was not allowed into the event after having been initially credentialed.
“They gave me a credential and then took it back and they wouldn’t tell me why,” said Tipping after the incident. He said he heard someone tell a doorkeeper his identity and instructed him not to let Tipping in. Tipping, a liberal blogger who has written a book that was highly critical of Republican Gov. Paul LePage, said he attended the event with hopes of writing about it.
“I don’t think it was a big deal,” he said. “It was their event and they were being very selective.”
Tipping, who asked repeatedly why he was being ejected and who tried to record the exchange on his cell phone but was told not to by a secret service agent, said he was told that the event was limited to “Republican press,” which he interpreted to mean Republican bloggers
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