Luján Statement on Trump’s Unconstitutional Press Ban

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, issued the following statement on President Trump’s decision to ban journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House:

“This is an outrageous attack on the First Amendment. The White House press corps show up to work every day on behalf of the American people to hold public officials accountable.

“President Trump doesn’t like when the press report on his countless broken promises and failures, so he is trying to get rid of them. It’s page one in the authoritarian handbook.”

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