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Writer Tossed from Air Force One Press
LOS ANGELES (May 29) — A writer for a
small Georgia newspaper who wanted to
give President Barack Obama a letter
was forcibly removed from a press area
near Air Force One on Thursday shortly
before he arrived at the airport.
Airport security officers carried the
woman away by the feet and arms as she
protested her removal. She was then
allowed to leave. She said the letter she
had written was opposing gay marriage.
She later identified herself as Brenda Lee,
a writer for the Georgia Informer in
Macon, and said she is a “Roman
Catholic priestess” who lives in Anaheim,
Calif. She said she has White House
press credentials.
The newspaper’s Web site says it is a
monthly publication; the site has writings
by Lee posted. A call to the newspaper
was not immediately returned.
The White House had no comment, said
deputy press secretary Josh Earnest in
Washington.
The incident occurred about 10 minutes
before Obama arrived at Los Angeles
International Airport by helicopter to board
Air Force One. He had been in Los
Angeles to attend a Democratic National
Committee fundraiser in Beverly Hills on
Wednesday.
Lee said later in a telephone interview
with The Associated Press that she
wanted to hand Obama a letter urging
him “to take a stand for traditional
marriage.”
She said she asked a Secret Service
agent to give the president her letter, but
he refused and referred her to a White
House staffer. Lee said she refused to
give the staffer the letter.
“I said, ‘I’ll take my chances if (the
president) comes by here,’” said Lee. “He
became annoyed that I wouldn’t give him
the letter.”
Lee said she protested when she was
asked to leave.
“I said, ‘Why are you bothering me?’ They
escorted me outside the gate,” she said.
She said security officers allowed her to
return when she promised she would not
yell or wave, but then other officers
arrived and told her to leave.
“I said, ‘I’m not leaving,’” she said. “They
tried to drag me out.”
Two officers then picked her up and
carried her out. An Associated Press
photographer photographed the incident.
“I was afraid you could see under my
clothes,” she said, her voice choking up.
http://news.aol.com/article/reporte....aol.com/article/reporter-obama-letter/502874
Writer Tossed from Air Force One Press
LOS ANGELES (May 29) — A writer for a
small Georgia newspaper who wanted to
give President Barack Obama a letter
was forcibly removed from a press area
near Air Force One on Thursday shortly
before he arrived at the airport.
Airport security officers carried the
woman away by the feet and arms as she
protested her removal. She was then
allowed to leave. She said the letter she
had written was opposing gay marriage.
She later identified herself as Brenda Lee,
a writer for the Georgia Informer in
Macon, and said she is a “Roman
Catholic priestess” who lives in Anaheim,
Calif. She said she has White House
press credentials.
The newspaper’s Web site says it is a
monthly publication; the site has writings
by Lee posted. A call to the newspaper
was not immediately returned.
The White House had no comment, said
deputy press secretary Josh Earnest in
Washington.
The incident occurred about 10 minutes
before Obama arrived at Los Angeles
International Airport by helicopter to board
Air Force One. He had been in Los
Angeles to attend a Democratic National
Committee fundraiser in Beverly Hills on
Wednesday.
Lee said later in a telephone interview
with The Associated Press that she
wanted to hand Obama a letter urging
him “to take a stand for traditional
marriage.”
She said she asked a Secret Service
agent to give the president her letter, but
he refused and referred her to a White
House staffer. Lee said she refused to
give the staffer the letter.
“I said, ‘I’ll take my chances if (the
president) comes by here,’” said Lee. “He
became annoyed that I wouldn’t give him
the letter.”
Lee said she protested when she was
asked to leave.
“I said, ‘Why are you bothering me?’ They
escorted me outside the gate,” she said.
She said security officers allowed her to
return when she promised she would not
yell or wave, but then other officers
arrived and told her to leave.
“I said, ‘I’m not leaving,’” she said. “They
tried to drag me out.”
Two officers then picked her up and
carried her out. An Associated Press
photographer photographed the incident.
“I was afraid you could see under my
clothes,” she said, her voice choking up.
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