Reporter Posts Video of Interaction With Pete Buttigieg: ‘I Guess He Didn’t Like That’
A reporter posted a video of an exchange she had with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg over a train that derailed in Ohio. Jennie Taer, a reporter for The Daily Caller News Foundation, posted the video on Twitter…
A reporter posted a video of an exchange she had with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg over a train that derailed in Ohio.
Jennie Taer, a reporter for The Daily Caller News Foundation, posted the video on Twitter with the caption, “I asked Secretary Buttigieg about the crisis in East Palestine and I guess he didn’t like that so he took a pic of me. Im just doing my job, sir.”
She asked Buttigieg, “What do you have to say to the folks in Ohio, East Palestine, who are suffering right now?”
He replied, “Well, I’d refer you to about a dozen interviews I’ve given today, and if you’d like to reach conversation, be sure to reach out to the press office.”
Buttigieg told Taer he would not be having the conversation with her while walking in the street.
He again referred Taer to comments he made during previous interviews.
Buttigieg shared that he was in the midst of taking some personal time.
When asked if he would be going to Ohio, Buttigieg replied, “Yeah, I am.”
He then asked Taer, “Can I get a photo?”
Watch the video below:
Twitter users reacted to the video, with Fox News’ Harris Faulkner asking, “Why did the Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg need a picture of a member of our FREE press? Is he trying to be funny… or is something else at play here? Targeting? Journalists are allowed to speak with public officials who are in public.”