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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), a GOP presidential candidate, snapped at a reporter who asked him if he would answer questions from those in attendance at his New Hampshire campaign event.
“Governor, why don’t you answer questions from voters?” an Associated Press reporter early in a video of the exchange.
NBC News reporter Jonathan Allen tweeted that DeSantis declined to answer questions at his first event in New Hampshire on Thursday after to announce his candidacy for president last week.
“People come up to me, talk to me. What are you talking about? Are you blind? Are you blind?” DeSantis asked the reporter, who replied “no.”
“OK, so people come up to me and talk to me about what they want to talk to me about,” he continued.
The Never Back Down PAC, which was also formed to support DeSantis’ run to the White House tweeted a video of the interaction, writing that he is “RUGGING OUT fake news reporter”.
DeSantis press secretary Bryan Griffin also defended DeSantis, tweet that the reporter asked DeSantis the question while the governor was “surrounded” by New Hampshire voters who questioned him and had their picture taken with him.
“Perfectly illustrative of the modern media closing their eyes and ears to the truth to push their story,” Griffin said.
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DeSantis snaps at reporter, “Are you blind?”
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