By Stephen Dietrich, Managing Editor
Opponents of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump went on the offensive when campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was charged for simple battery against reporter Michelle Fields, demanding Trump fire him immediately — and said that Trump’s refusal was an example of everything wrong with his presidential campaign. They said Trump was a poor leader. They said Lewandowski was a bully, Trump was sexist and the whole campaign was set to unravel.
It was as angry a lynch mob as the media could muster.
Will they apologize now that the Florida prosecutor’s office has announced plans to drop the case?
The initial charges led to a firestorm of criticism. Trump’s chief presidential rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, said the charges against Lewandowski were proof on a “pattern of abusive behavior” by the Trump campaign. Ohio Gov. John Kasich said he would have immediately fired Lewandowski, and implied Trump should do the same.
The media joined in the outrage as well.
Slate said a presidential candidate who “possessed an iota of decency” would fire Lewandowski — and implied that Trump’s refusal to do so was shameful. Politico ran an article accusing Lewandowski of being “rough with reporters and sexually suggestive with female journalists” throughout his career.
The Daily Beast said not calling for Lewandowski’s head was “rolling over” to the Trump campaign.
Calm as ever, Trump replied to the criticism with a series of Tweets
Wow, Corey Lewandowski, my campaign manager and a very decent man, was just charged with assaulting a reporter. Look at tapes-nothing there!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2016
Why aren't people looking at this reporters earliest statement as to what happened, that is before she found out the episode was on tape?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2016
His opponents won’t say it — it would likely pain them it’s time to admit — but it looks like Trump was right. Again.
As his supporters say, “You can’t Stump the Trump.”
A Florida prosecutor’s office plans to hold a news conference amid reports that Lewandowski won’t be prosecuted over the videotaped altercation with a female reporter.
A spokesman for Palm Beach County state attorney Dave Aronberg told The New York Times there will be a news conference Thursday afternoon.
Police in Jupiter, Florida, charged Corey Lewandowski with simple battery, a misdemeanor, last month.
The charge came after a video showed Lewandowski grabbing Fields, who worked for Breitbart News at the time, as she tried to ask Trump a question after a March 8 appearance.
Lewandowski said he’s innocent. Trump supported him.
And the Trump campaign appears to have emerged from the media backlash stronger than ever.
Stephen Dietrich is the Managing Editor of The Horn News. The Associated Press contributed to this article.
The Boston Herald reported two weeks ago that the prosecutor is one of Hillary’s top advisors in Florida.
The man did a great job of “protecting Trumps blind side”. Everybody here would want the same help too. Nothing more to be said except “Tugboat is right”. I would protect you too. We are all here to make America great again. Obama is still, in my book “AN EMPTY SUIT” unless the Kool-Aid effects are still messing with your brain.
It’s amazing that you can look at a video, see a man grab a woman by the arm and drag her away from Trump, and not understand that you just witnessed a textbook example of simple battery. What part of abuse and criminal action escapes your attention? I understand that Trump has no issue with treating women in this manner but many of us find it offensive.
If you do not obey to keep calm and no disturb, off Couse, women as men (sex equality) must be pushed out
It’s amazing how anyone can look at a,video, see a slight brush of the arm by a man assigned to protect Trump from an over zealous reporter and see a battery of ANY kind, simple or otherwise. Add to this the fact that the idiotic prosecutor who brought the charges is close to the Clinton’s, just makes this exactly what it appears to be–a broadside against Trump,from those who really think he is going to beat one of the worst candidates the democrats have ever put up–lyin Hillary!! As for Ms. Fields (the drama queen, little miss cupcake) who is offended because Mr. Lewandowski failed to bow down to her and apologize (for exactly what I don’t know), I have a suggestion–get thee to a psychiatrist ASAP as she needs one.
Ma be she should openly say She was definitely trying to screw the system and Trump Who sent her ??? r AShe should definitely contact a shrink
I agree.
OracleGuy says, Wake up, check the tape again.Nothing in there.
OracleGuysays……..You are delusional…..and the Judge in this case agrees! This was a ridiculous claim from day one and the vast majority saw it for what it was…..I suggest you now go to the corner of your room put your thumb in your mouth and pout until you feel better. Sorry to be so blunt but this entire thing was a joke from the onset.
Thank you ! But the thumb suckers will continue to beat the dead horse. The can’t see the truth because of ideology .They will take a lie and run with it.
How can you say that it is a crime for trumps help to grab a woman who is grabbing trump illegally.
Surely you are one who think that woman’s equal rights doesn’t include equal treatment.
What video are you watching?. None of the videos published by all parties show anyone roughly grabbing anyone. Are you just spouting propaganda? Fields has cried wolf like this 4 other times. She just wants attention and her 15 minutes of fame. No organization that ever hires her will have any credibility.
Touche’
You’re friggin’ crazy. The press is treated this way everyday, even worse, and no one presses charges. Stop with this Trump hates women, Trump hates this, that, it’s bullshit. Vote for a corrupt liar like Hil-liar-y.
You’re friggin’ crazy. The press is treated this way everyday, even worse, and no one presses charges. Stop with this Trump hates women, Trump hates this, that, it’s bullshit. Vote for a corrupt liar like Hil-liar-y.
Totally agree.
Well…why don’t you try that same maneuver with hillery or king o and see where that gets you…the man did his job that the Sec Serv should have been doing…..
Are you nuts? Or do you just hate Trump so much you can’t see the woods for the trees. Sure glad you’re not on my team…………………..
You could see nothing that looked like an assault on the tape, by the way which was Trump’s tape that he didn’t even have to show the police but he did because as I said, you can see nothing! In closing this comment OracleGuy I would like to say you are an IDIOT!
As the ancient bards put it, “A man sees what he wants to see, and disregards the rest.”
What i saw was a woman getting too close to Trump, who had penetrated Secret Service protection, who was physically manhandled away from Trump’s side – which woman immediately lied and said she’d been “almost thrown to the floor,” and etc., only changing her story when the videotapes came out revealing her lies.
Her own news company fired her, which should tell you something all on it’s own…i.e. that they found NO MERIT to her accusations.
i’m glad that the charges were dropped; this is as it should be. If you want to be a reporter, there are risks associated with that, and many reporters have multiple injuries OTJ from trying to get close to their targets-du-jour. If you don’t LIKE those physical risks, there are hundreds if not thousands of other professions that are less risky, like applying whipped cream to various pastries, serving Jello or Pudding, fluffing pillows, putting shock-absorbing beans in packages, etc.
Personally, i think that this “reporter” should sue Lewandoski so she can be humiliated some more and lose a countersuit.
For the most part I agree with what you wrote. Trump showed some loyalty to one of his people. That should say something in his favor. Also, Lewandowski was simply doing his job when that woman overstepped her bounds by grabbing Trump’s arm after he’d had death threats. As for Obama, I don’t agree with you. He’s noting even close to an empty suit. He knows EXACTLY what he’s doing and has from the start. I also feel that he was planted in our country to do EXACTLY what he’s doing. Destroying our government, our Constitution, our national defense, our national security, our economy, our religions, our way of life and anything else he can think of. I just hope those brainwashed, uninformed people who voted for him (I know some) are proud and happy with what they’ve done to help destroy what was once the greatest nation in the world.
RC says………I wish I could find something here to say you are wrong. I can not. When Obama got elected (I did not vote for him) I was hopeful that a black President could pull our country together……both racially and financially. The result is a nation vastly more divided….not only racially….but politically. This community organizer is clearly in over his head. His actions (or lack of actions) has made us appear weak and totally confused. He has embarrassed time after time. So many times it’s sad. I honestly WANTED him to succeed….he (not she!) has failed far worse than could be imagined. I pray that the next President….can unite us….roll up his sleeves and begin the rebuilding of our once great nation.
I sure did not see that girl grab Trumps arm, nor was that ever mentioned. She was just walking beside him trying to ask questions.
That grab was at the very start of the tape, Trump simply shrugged her off, it appears they were almost trying to edit it out to create a controversy.
I voted for Obama once, but not twice. He has been incompetent from the start. I have been a lifetime Democrat but no more. If Cruz is the nominee, I won’t vote for Hillary and I won’t vote for Cruz. Both would be dictators. Cruz shut the country government down right after he was elected and Hillary was out of her league as Secretary of State, I cannot believe she wouldn’t fold again as President.
I agree and also believe he was only watching Trumps back. Good job and can only hope we can survive and undo all the crap that has been done to our great country. Go TRUMP 2016.
The only thing the reporter was guilty of was to ask a question that would cast a bad light on the front runner, and his Hench man elected to break up the interview. What I thought was odd was the personal secret service body guard assigned to protect the candidate walking directly behind the reporter and Trump did not see any alarming physical evidence of aggression to cause to take a similar action.
This is just another example of Donald Trumps intelligentsia to continue canaille rhetoric in an effort to gain support of the bourgeois and proletarian classes.
She had been told twice to step back by the secret service and had been told that the press conference was over. This was all a set up by her. Didn’t you find it a little strange that she and her friend audio recorded only a few sentences between them that sounded rehearsed? Why record what supposedly was a spontaneous conversation?
INDUBITABLY!!
An empty muslim traitor suit…
Looks like TRUMP WINS again
When are Cruz and Kasich going to give up? Those two tools. We don’t want them. We don’t need them. Go away boys!!
The ONLY MAN WE NEED is TRUMP!! He is a TRUE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN!!
Trump 2016!
You said. Kasich is despicable, claiming he is the only one running a ‘positive campaign’ when his only mission is to deny Trump delegates, thereby suppressing the voters’ will. I do not like Cruz at all.
I feel that the”reporter” was a plant to bring Trump’s campaign manager down.
Yet he brought ‘her’ down.
Well the reporter is an idiot.
Trump stands behind his people. And that shows strong leadership. He obviously looked at the video several times. Plus the fact this bimbo has blamed others in the past for similar things. She blamed the NYPD For roughing her up during a protest. She obviously needs to get a new job. She gets in the way. Is a loser reporter. And probably her and her little boyfriend were expecting a HUGE PAYOFF. Sorry Michelle. Trump is much smarter than you or your creepy boyfriend. Go back to Honduras!!
Apologies to Mr. Lewandowski should be coming from all sides on this one. Megyn Kelly really owes him an apology for the show she devoted to berating this man. Miss Fields career should be over for this one. She was fired by Breibart shortly after this incident so they knew she was lying. Sorry dear no big money for you from Trump, you damaged his campaign with your false accusation. Did you think you would get a payoff. Cruz would be wise to say something as would Kasich about this since Cruz and Megyn made such defamatory remarks.
Trump is our man it’s time to make him President of USA. Vote Trump, stop the paid politicians from distroying our Country for their gain.
Doubt this will get much play on media.
No one mentioned that this bull dog reporter has a history of similar incidents.
It was a set up.
What is it that the establishment is so fiercely protecting against the success of a man who loves America?
No worries Donald, you will trump the other losers in the end!
Glad yo see this didn’t get politicized any further. Everyone should move on.
Glad to see this didn’t get politicized any further. Everyone should move on.
CRUZ NEEDS TO GO BACK TO CANADA PERMANENTLY AMEN!!!
TRUMP IS THE ONLY ONE TO VOTE FOR HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN CLEAM UP THE DEMOCRATIC MESS.
Or, he could go to his Father’s country, Cuba.
Megyn Kelly is trough. So should this fake/reporter be also .
This woman is despicable and is WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE COUNTRY TODAY! People are pissed that Trump stands up to a fight, SORRY PEOPLE, That is what I was raised to do as well. She should be charged for the money spent to defend this man. For those that have not woken up yet, WAKE UP, hire the right descent man to run the country – Hire Trump! Trump16!
We are under a Corporate Government that needs to be dissolved. Lets get a Constitutional Government back in place that is under the control of the people. Lets take America back for the sake of our children now.
Freedom for us-
We are under a Corporate Government that needs to be dissolved.
Quite correct; astute of you to either know or intuit this. IIRC, in 1871 certain CongressCretins re-organized the government of the United States as a corporation “doing business as” the government of the UNITED STATES, Inc., and that this corporate entity has been bankrupted several times since; the real owners of the country are the “receivers in due course of the bankruptcy(ies)”, aka the “shadow government.”
From a Canadian, You can keep Cruz we don’t want him.
LNAO
AWWW, Gerald…do we have to? We don’t want him, either.
Apparently, he doesn’t want YOU, either, having renounced his Canadian citizenship a bit less than 2 years ago, now.
But this begs the question: Under what theory is Cruz eligible for the Presidency? Born in Canada to a Canadian citizen father and a mother who voted in Canadian elections(only Canadians can do that, so she HAD to have renounced her US citizenship since Canada DID NOT ALLOW dual citizenship at the time).
Personally, i believe that Cruz has betrayed the public trust and is currently engaged in a massive FRAUD by soliciting donations for an office he KNOWS he’s Constitutionally-BARRED from holding. He should be arrested, convicted, and compelled to return every penny.
VOTE TRUMP he should sue this POS reporter or at least black list her from getting reporter access
What I truly see is a great leader that does not jump or cow down to the media nor the political correct cronies.. DONALD TRUMP weighs all evidence before making a decision. Do we want cuiz or kasich sitting in front of our military leaders making decision that are totally wrong? Do we want leaders like Cruz or kasich being able to push a nuclear button and then say oh, that wasn’t the right thing to do. Let quick snap Lyn Cruz lead Texas and NO THINKER STINKER kasich lead Ohio, so WE THE PEOPLE can elect DONALD TRUMP as our next President.. . GO DONALD TRUMP GO
When you look at the video tape, you don’t see a violent encounter.
What you see, is 2 people bumping into each other, at best.
This happens in the NYC Subway System everyday.
Forward thinking helps Trump all the time.
The issues: vetting immigrants. Trump
The popular voice: This is not “who we are”
Many nations took immigrants on a compassionate note.
The same nations are paying a very high price for their welcome.
They are having a “hell of a time”
Trump is right on this issue.
Firing his aide. Trump said why?.
All hell broke loose again. ( women issues again )
Trump has no empathy!!!
Right again, he has, loyalty and a correct Stand.
While to most people seems idiotic, Trump is ahead with forward thinking.
Low energy Bush, Lying Ted, Little Marco, etc, is part of this frame of mind.
SIMPLY THE TRUTH.
I belive the coments says it all and I can’t believe the GOP is doing all the things to put Trump down and in my mind and hopefully the rest of the USA people remove the get rich people in the GOP. Mayby a island in the Irian see so they with all their hate can remove the ISIS AND OTHERS WHICH IS NEED ED.
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Everyone is supposed to know that you are not to get close to a presidential candidate under secret service protection – and especially reporters need to know it before all others.
Unless invited by the candidate to talk with them.
And, because the Secret Service was lax in doing it’s job to protect the candidate from on-rushers, the candidate’s own campaign manager had to do the secret service’s job for them!
Had a secret service agent pushed her back, she would not have said word ‘one.”
TOLD YA! No smoke and no fire, just Soro’s/obama’s paid liars, who need to be charged with filing false charges, with liable, with defamation of character and then tossed like the dirty backstabbing pukes they are
In another story, Trump has hired Wisconsin Governor Walker’s campaign manager. So he is hiring a few heavy hitters. Wait and see how this affects his campaign.
Trump is on the right side again against creeps. A true leader and next President of the USA. Trump sticks up for what’s right and the reporter who said she was grabbed set the entire thing up. The media, Kasich and Cruz can go stick their heads in a toilet and flush, Trump is and was right again and they, the libtards and opponents can’t stand it. Too bad. Go Trump 2016!
And now Russia is doing fly overs on US SHIPS
And WHERE IS OBAMA?? Most likely golfing. He golfs on most days that end in Y
If TRUMP were President -he WILL show Russia that AMERICA is GREAT!!!
Vote trump. !!!! And this woman Michelle should be shipped back to Honduras. After Trying these little psychos stunts of hers several times. She belongs in a nut house!!!
People better start apologizing!! To TRUMP and COREY. And one of the ones that should apologize is Megan Kelly. !!!! And a few others on FOX news that bad mouthed Corey.
Trump 2016.
I’ll just be glad when this whole circus is over and we have Trump in the white house. This mess is getting on my nerves, every day something new to try to knock Trump down a peg, and Trump continues to bat off the attempts like wayward flies.
I’ve looked at the pictures countless times and didn’t see anything that Corey did wrong I am a woman and I think she exaggerated the pulling or whatever the hell he did to her arm. She was not hospitalized and will have to go out now and look for another job, but her exaggeration and anyone who saw what happened did not come foreword to verify that the injury of a bruise was so bad. I am not a Trump supporter, but give him credit for not firing Corey. I think she made a big thing in her mind as a publicity stunt, but that is only my opinion. What have others said who were in fact close by to see the incident.
Why aren’t my comments being posted…..
Thanks for posting my comments I guess it took time for the editor to check them out.
Shame on the so called “journalists” that signed onto the bs “group think” of her ridiculous claim!!
I think that Trump will make a great president. The greatness of America came from strong men that did not succumb to the pressures and lies that tried to thwart them. It has been a great many years since we had someone up there who possessed the inner strength that could truly cut through the bureaucracy that our government has become. We talk about the liberal media but let’s get real, the media has become a circus with one purpose and that’s to get ratings so they can go on being placed in a position that they can have fame and fortune. There are few real reporters with integrity these days that survive. They are replaced with puppets instead, those who are instructed to do what those paying the bill want them to do. The problem is the owners, people who have their own agendas and don’t care about anything but themselves. Selfishness, that’s what hurts this country and until we get leaders both President, cabinet and the rest of the governing bodies both locally and DC based who are good people with real values not these career politicians who have been in office forever because they cater to the elite and are their personal agents all for the sake of continuing to line their pocket books. Yeah, it’s time for a change. Americas future depends on it. The rise and fall of empires throughout history has all the same elements that our country is going through right now. The phrase “We the people” needs to shine again for us to make it through the mess that the corruption has got us into. They are not just words, they are why this country has been great in the past and how this country can be great once again.
i think, that if Trump manages to overcome all the R’s opposition, that he definitely has the potential to be a great president. Based on an Oprah interview of him from 25 years ago, the opinions he expressed then and the ones he expresses now are almost identical, which speaks volumes about his character, to me. He loves America and he loves Americans, especially veterans. He easily and swiftly recognizes a bad deal, and hates them, especially when America and Americans come out the losers.(this is one of the things he was saying 25 years ago, and it’s gottem MUCH worse since then!(NAFTA, GAFTA, CAFTA(do we HAFTA?) GATT, TPP, NAU, ad nauseum)
The wealth of those who oppose his is enormous, far greater than Trump can imagine; and according to an apocryphal scripture i once read, “in proportion to one’s wealth will one’s anger be multiplied.” What i expect to happen is this, and it may have already happened: Some of these ultra-rich have long ago “effected government capture”(Like Monsanto, several of the Big Oil interests, the owners of the Federal Reserve, etc.) and will therefore use their contacts w/in, say, the NSA to learn everything there is to know about not only Trump, but his entire family. Then, they’ll threaten him concerning his wives, relatives, children, grandchildren, and offer him a “deal,” Corlioni style, that he can’t refuse. They may have already kidnapped one of these and sent him pictures, in a “catch-and-release” proof positive that they CAN do what they threaten. People are vulnerable through their loved ones, and the PtB are WELL aware of this, the evil b…tards.