NBC White House reporter Chris Jansing on Tuesday became the latest member of the news media to get into a fight with Donald Trump, who accused her of “dishonest reporting.”
Toward the end of the lengthy interview from Waukesha, Wis., Jansing asked Trump about a recent appearance he made on a local talk radio show, which drew national attention for the host’s aggressive questioning of the candidate.
“You don’t feel ill-served [in Wisconsin], for example, to go onto a very popular talk radio show and you said you didn’t know that they had been leading an anti-Trump [movement],” Jansing began. She was referring to radio host Charlie Sykes, who challenged Trump aggressively when they met.
“No, because if you listen to that, I don’t mind that,” Trump replied. “I mean, you go into the enemy camp sometimes, but you have to take on the enemy.”
He said that it’s “part of the game” to “go into unfriendly territory.”
“And that’s what you consider Wisconsin to be?” Jansing said. Trump responded to that question by accusing Jansing of deliberately misinterpreting what he said.
“No, you said about a radio talk show host,” Trump said. “See, that’s what I mean about the dishonest media.”
“I’m asking you a question, allowing you to answer,” said Jansing.
“You’re asking me about a show host and I said that he was unfriendly territory, then you say, ‘is that what Wisconsin is.’ No, that’s so dishonest,” Trump said. “No, look, you know what that’s called? That’s called dishonest media. That’s called dishonest reporting.”
Trump is pushing for a win in Wisconsin Tuesday, though he is trailing his rival Ted Cruz in most state polls.
