Trump physically removes unruly Univision reporter from press conference (video)

[Fuzzy Bear]

Whether it be Ramos or some other reporter for that matter & instigator or not, Trump obviously can't handle too much strife. This kind of back and forth is standard fair for candidates on the hustings.  Trump has proven one thing, and it is this he can't handle anything less than flagellation from todies and yes men. Is this how he is going to respond to hostile & tough questions & have the reporter ejected from a press event?

Judging by his debate performance, yes, it is.

Ramos broke the rules and was removed.  Trump had recognized someone else.  Then, he let Ramos back in, but Ramos was basically using a "broken record" technique against Trump, rather than asking him a question that could have been answered. 

Ramos wasn't there as a journalist; he was there as an advocate for illegal Hispanic immigrants, and for those who support these illegal immigrants remaining in the US.  Romos, the "journalist" couldn't even acknowledge that these immigrants in question were, in fact in violation of American Law (and in violation of Federal CRIMINAL law if they had re-entered the US after being previously deported.)  Trump confronted Ramos's intellectual dishonesty, and he did so firmly, but with a reasonable amount of graciousness.  Good for him; this display of backbone was long overdue.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Univision CEO Shreds Trump in Statement: Treatment of Ramos ‘Beneath Contempt’

Republicans aren't going to win the presidency in 2016 if they are at war with Univision.

What's beneath contempt is thorough disregard for the right of a nation to enforce the laws it has.  Our immigration laws are NOT unreasonable; they are not something out of Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia.  They are generous, but there are penalties for violating them.  Why should they be made more lax in response to others willfully breaking them?  Please tell me.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Trump didn't have the where to all to defuse an "awkward" situation. He had some muscle to dispatch Ramos. Trump can't handle the heat that adversial situations represent.

Trump didn't want to be done like Bernie Sanders.  I can't blame him for that.  And while the response to Ramos was somewhat heavy-handed, Ramos's use of his press credential to, essentially, heckle the candidate and use his time not to question the candidate, but produce an angry confrontation was unprofessional for a journalist. 

In that context, Trump's response was cool and correct.  He brought Ramos back in and gave him a chance to at least try to ask a question, rather than heckle and make a statement, and he responded to Ramos more candidly than most candidates do.  Most people would do the same thing.  It wasn't just that Ramos's question was undulyy argumentatitve, it was also that he cut off the reporter who was recognized.  It was a bit refreshing to see someone insist that someone play by the rules.