Washington reporters talk about covering Trump

Washington reporters Ashley Parker and Michael C. Bender talked about covering President Trump. (Photos by Matthew Perschall/LSU Manship School News Service)
Ashley Parker was enjoying sleeping in on a fall Saturday in 2019, her husband tending to their young daughter. Then her phone started vibrating nonstop. President Donald Trump had tweeted out that Parker and her Washington Post colleague were “nasty lightweight reporters” who “shouldn’t even be allowed on the grounds of the White House because their reporting is so “DISGUSTING & FAKE.” She…

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