One of the most prominent voices pushing back against the Trump administration has been longtime American Urban Radio Networks White House correspondent April D. Ryan.
In her new book "Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House,” Ryan details the ups and downs navigating around President Donald Trump and his officials all the while the nation deals with his policies.
There were many run-ins with ousted Trump official Omarosa Manigault-Newman, the Washington Examiner reports. Their heated rivalry came to a climax in a heated exchange outside the oval office in February 2017 — but Ryan said there was another memorable clash that day.
“A conservative Black female reporter had openly, in my presence, spoke the wrong words, saying, ‘The only reason you get called on is because you’re black,'" Ryan wrote in the book.
The Washington Examiner reports Ryan revealed during a phone interview that the woman was White House correspondent for the Daily Mail, Francesca Chambers who, again, is also black.
Ryan shared the Washington Examiner story on Twitter on Tuesday morning.
Painful truth! https://t.co/Tvlfm6RrLM
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) July 24, 2018
According to Ryan, Chambers believed she was not getting a chance to ask questions because the White House showed some sort of favoritism toward the veteran reporter. Chambers seemingly felt overlooked by former Press Sec. Sean Spicer. Ryan has reported on the White House during the Clinton, Bush and Obama years.
“To this day, those words don’t sit well with me,” Ryan writes. “At that time, I had had enough! ‘Yes!’ I said to her. ‘You ain’t shit!’ In front of everyone, asking her, ‘Who you think you are? You’re Black too, in case you didn’t know it!’”
The 50-year-old is threatening legal action against the Daily Mail if she doesn't receive a public apology for the reporter's alleged comment.
There were too many witnesses @dailymail
@mailonline for you to say @fran_chambers did not do it. The reporter asked around and was told and I verified. It is true. Do your own investigation. I wait for a public apology from you! If not I may have to take legal action!— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) July 24, 2018
Ryan has had multiple clashes with current Press Sec. Sarah Huckabee Sanders with the most recent being over the voter suppression. Sanders refused to answer the question altogether according to Mediaite.
Ryan's book will be available nationwide on September 1.
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