A multitude of former staffers for Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign lambasted a reporter on social media following her withdrawal from the race.
Alex Thompson, a Politico reporter who covered the Warren campaign, tweeted out screenshots of tweets from former staffers bashing him on Saturday morning.
“Some Warren campaign staffers don’t have a good understanding of campaign journalism,” he captioned the post. “Not my job to ‘actively support the candidate that you were assigned’ It is my job to contact as many ppl as possible rather than just rely on what the campaign wants to give me.”
One staffer accused him of “DMing every young staffer” in order to get “click bait & sensationalized stories,” while someone else told him to “eat shit.”
Some Warren campaign staffers don’t have a good understanding of campaign journalism.
Not my job to “actively support the candidate that you were assigned”
It is my job to contact as many ppl as possible rather than just rely on what the campaign wants to give me. pic.twitter.com/GjSDQ4i5ii— Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) March 7, 2020
Another Warren staffer also claimed that “media outlets/reps LIKE You chose to drive the narrative by reporting only on the struggles, rather than successes,” while adding that he “never had any intention of actively supporting the candidate that you were assigned.”
The Warren campaign, when reached for comment, directed the Washington Examiner to a tweet from Kristen Orthman, Warren’s communications director, where she condemned the comments and called for supporters to keep fighting for what Warren stands for in a social media post.
Reminder to @TeamWarren – I understand being upset. I am too. But inappropriate language toward other campaigns or the press is never what our campaign or @ewarren is about. Let’s keep the fight focused on the issues.
— Kristen Orthman (@KristenOrthman) March 7, 2020
“Reminder to @TeamWarren – I understand being upset,” Orthman tweeted. “I am too. But inappropriate language toward other campaigns or the press is never what our campaign or @ewarren is about. Let’s keep the fight focused on the issues.”
Shortly after publication, a Politico spokeswoman told the Washington Examiner, “Alex has established himself as a top-notch reporter on the trail this election cycle. His coverage of Elizabeth Warren’s campaign, and the 2020 race at large, was sharp, illuminating, and accurate. We stand by his reporting.”
The Massachusetts senator ended her presidential campaign on Thursday, two days after a poor performance on Super Tuesday.
