On Tuesday evening of the RNC, a disturbing tweet was seen and circulated rapidly from journalist David Shuster.
It was in reference to a shocking incident that happened at RNC. It read:
GOP attendee ejected for throwing nuts at African American CNN camera woman + saying "This is how we feed animals." @TakeActionNews #TAN
Few media outlets were reporting it at the time, but the next day thankfully, the story got a wider reach and CNN confirmed the incident happened and then the RNC released a statement as well, "condemning" the racist and ugly act. Additional deets below.
Via Huffington Post:
CNN's Wolf Blitzer spoke out about the racist attack on a network camerawoman at the Republican national convention on Wednesday.
On Tuesday night, two attendees threw nuts at a black CNN camerawoman and said, "this is how we feed the animals."
Multiple witnesses saw the incident, and police immediately removed the two attendees from the convention center. CNN confirmed that the incident happened via a statement released on Tuesday, but did not have further comment at the time. Blitzer described the "very ugly exchange" on Wednesday afternoon, in the first time that the network addressed the incident on-air.
He said that the incident was "truly shocking" and "hit home" for people at the network. "It's just an ugly reminder that there is an element of hatred that still exists in our country," he said. S
peaking to Blitzer, CNN political analyst Donna Brazile said that she hopes the two attendees have their convention credentials revoked. That same afternoon, CNN's Don Lemon was incredulous that another news outlet reported the incident before CNN did. "Another network http://lnkd.in/p7uWrP tweeted & reported the camerawoman story before #CNN did. Wait, what?!!" he wrote.
