White House Strips Access to Reporter It Called a Sick Slur

Kevin Lamarque / REUTERS The White House has restricted access for the journalist whom it called a vile slur for people with Down Syndrome.

The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg was scheduled to serve as President Donald Trump’s print pooler on his Thursday trip to Sioux City, Iowa, but the White House suddenly revoked his assignment Wednesday without explanation, reports Semafor’s Maxwell Tani .

Feinberg is the same reporter who, on Tuesday, was viciously attacked by the president for asking about his proposed D.C. golf course, which the White House later tacked on with a vulgar insult .

Fox News reporters Jacqui Heinrich, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, condemned the decision in a statement Wednesday night.

“The White House Correspondents’ Association strongly objects to the decision to restrict a journalist’s coverage simply because the president didn’t care for their questioning.

That is retaliation,” Heinrich wrote .

“The American public’s right to an independent press depends on reporters being able to do their jobs without fear that challenging the president will cut off their access.” The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House and Feinberg for comment.

Trump, 80, snapped at Feinberg in the Oval Office when asked about his plans for a golf course at East Potomac Park in Washington, D.C.

“Wait a minute.

Wait, wait.

Quiet.

Quiet!” the president snarled, interrupting Feinberg’s question.

“What’s wrong with you? Are you a sick person?” “Not that I know of, sir,” Feinberg replied, to which Trump snapped back, “No, I actually think there’s something wrong with you.” The White House’s anonymously run “Rapid Response” account gloated over Trump’s vicious attack with an even more obscene insult.

“@POTUS absolutely roasts Mongoloid Moron @AndrewFeinberg for his disgraceful behavior: ‘What’s wrong with you? Are you a sick person? I actually think there’s something wrong with you,’” the account wrote .