North Carolina GOP Official Threatens ProPublica Reporter Over Investigative Story
A top North Carolina Republican official invoked the Trump administration’s power to intimidate ProPublica into silence. It is part of a disturbing trend among Republicans.
In a display of the right’s growing disdain for the press, a North Carolina Republican official tried to bury a negative story by threatening a reporter. It is yet another example of the authoritarian spirit overtaking the Republican Party.
Threats and Defensiveness
The reporter, ProPublica’s Doug Bock Clark, was writing a p…
