“Not pictured here are Ohio U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who scheduled a rally Friday in Trumbull County that we didn’t write about or photograph because of the absurd rules put in place for anyone covering the event. They want to take an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution while trampling all over one of its most important principles, the freedom of the press.”
Cleveland Plain Dealer –Aug. 20, 2022,
“The worst of the rules was one prohibiting reporters from interviewing attendees not first approved by the organizers of the event for DeSantis and Vance. When we cover events, we talk to anyone we wish. It’s America, after all, the land of free speech. At least that’s America as it exists today. Maybe not the America that would exist under DeSantis and Vance.”
