{"id":89817,"date":"2016-03-13T10:06:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T18:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=89817"},"modified":"2023-09-05T03:42:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T11:42:42","slug":"instapundit-glenn-reynolds-yeah-this-is-a-load-of-crap-trump-campaign-claims-michelle-fields-is-attention-seeking-and-her-story-entirely-false-trump-needs-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=89817","title":{"rendered":"Instapundit Glenn Reynolds: &#8216;YEAH, THIS IS A LOAD OF CRAP: Trump campaign claims Michelle Fields is \u2018attention seeking\u2019 and her story \u2018entirely false.\u2019 Trump needs to fire Corey Lewandowski.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/instapundit\/228812\/\">More here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Glenn Reynolds looks like an idiot now that we have video of the incident.<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.bizpacreview.com\/2016\/03\/13\/breitbart-reporter-accused-of-crying-wolf-after-new-video-is-released-316430?utm_source=dlvr.it&#038;utm_medium=twitter\">Breitbart reporter accused of \u2018crying wolf\u2019 after new video is released<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News reporter <strong>Michelle Fields<\/strong> has received mountains of attention this week over her claim that she was assaulted by <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>&#8216;s campaign manager.<\/p>\n<p>But new video is casting serious doubt, not on who grabbed her, but on the severity of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Video published to YouTube on Saturday indeed shows a man that resembles Trump campaign manager <strong>Corey Lewandowski<\/strong> grabbing her arm and moving her out of the way as she was about to chase after Trump, but the claim that she was almost thrust to the ground is beyond a stretch if this is the incident in question.<\/p>\n<p>Fields has been in the national spotlight and appeared all over political television programs to talk about her &#8220;assault.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She even filed a police report about the encounter.<\/p>\n<p>Reactions have varied from &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizpacreview.com\/2016\/03\/12\/greta-puts-reporters-grabbing-accusation-into-perspective-get-over-it-315994\">get over it<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; or &#8220;she&#8217;s lying,&#8221; to demands that Trump fire his campaign manager and apologize.<\/p>\n<p>So far, there has been no response from Fields or her supporters over the new footage.<\/p>\n<p>Social media Trump supporters, including Ann Coulter, fired away on Fields over this new video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">it\u2019s beginning to look like Michelle Fields assaulted Trump. New video: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/89OSnl6Fb0\">https:\/\/t.co\/89OSnl6Fb0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnCoulter\/status\/709024737649885184\">March 13, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p>\n.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JReckas\">@JReckas<\/a>, Much worse than Brian Williams. This was a left-wing style hoax, By Michelle Fields &amp; Cohorts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Voting Female (@VotingFemale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VotingFemale\/status\/709038913738842112\">March 13, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Last week I argued on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\">@foxnews<\/a> that the allegations of Michelle Fields didn&#8217;t add up. This def doesnt help her case. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vN8XyqHWwY\">https:\/\/t.co\/vN8XyqHWwY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Wohl (@DavidWohl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidWohl\/status\/709036827965960192\">March 13, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p>\nMichelle Fields Is An Outright LIAR. Video PROVES It!!!!!<br \/>\n How Michelle Fields Hoaxed Herself Into Mainstream Stardom <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KMXljwOR17\">https:\/\/t.co\/KMXljwOR17<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Milt Harris (@Harris9Milt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harris9Milt\/status\/709032343869194240\">March 13, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WOW! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelleFields\">@MichelleFields<\/a> owes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CLewandowski_\">@CLewandowski_<\/a> apologies! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AVXO0CAn23\">https:\/\/t.co\/AVXO0CAn23<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Judy (@JudyMichiganMom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudyMichiganMom\/status\/709030559645884416\">March 13, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p>\n&#8220;He threw me to the ground.&#8221; Here you go&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelleFields\">@MichelleFields<\/a> is a FRAUD. The scam is over. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dp8bgqx3Nw\">https:\/\/t.co\/Dp8bgqx3Nw<\/a> via RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\">@Cernovich<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kelly (@KLSouth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KLSouth\/status\/709023871400337409\">March 13, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Michelle Fields claimed Corey &#8220;attempted to pull her to the ground.&#8221; It is clear from the video that no such thing happened. Serial liar.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mitchellvii\/status\/708984166629519360\">March 13, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatiePavlich\">@KatiePavlich<\/a> This is what you&#8217;re backing? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelleFields\">@MichelleFields<\/a> is a proven liar once again <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DI3ow3jvdj\">https:\/\/t.co\/DI3ow3jvdj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rhyno (@The_RJacques) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_RJacques\/status\/709044147726856193\">March 13, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More here. Glenn Reynolds looks like an idiot now that we have video of the incident. Breitbart reporter accused of \u2018crying wolf\u2019 after new video is released Breitbart News reporter Michelle Fields has received mountains of attention this week over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=89817\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journalism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89817"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151062,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89817\/revisions\/151062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}