Trump rally worker blocks lens as photojournalist tries to snap photo

President Trump’s reelection campaign caught flak Thursday night after a man identified as a rally worker was pictured allegedly trying to block a photographer from capturing footage of a demonstrator.

During the president’s rally in Indiana, where Trump continued to ramp up his attacks against the news media, a man identified as a volunteer member of the president’s advance team can be seen blocking the lens of a photographer.

{mosads}Evan Vucci, The Associated Press’ chief Washington photographer, posted a photo of the incident on Instagram, saying the photographer was trying to take a photo of a demonstrator at the rally.

The president’s campaign did not immediately return a request for comment from The Hill.

A volunteer member of the advance team for #president #donaldtrump blocks the lens of a photographer trying to take a photo of a demonstrator during a #campaign rally in #evansville #indiana

A post shared by Evan Vucci (@evanvucci) on Aug 30, 2018 at 6:02pm PDT

Among many things, this is such amateur hour. https://t.co/NcQbuZ7t9E

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 31, 2018

ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: Trump staffer physically blocks you from seeing what is really going on. Stunning from from @evanvucci https://t.co/sN0Wr0m5Dz

— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) August 31, 2018

America in 2018, apparently pic.twitter.com/PWCaDD7c77

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) August 31, 2018

Trump: “We as a country cannot tolerate political censorship! We are not going to let them control what we see!”

Only moments before, a Trump aide had physically blocked the lens of a press photographer to prevent him from taking a photo of a protestor. https://t.co/eo7Wn8TARq pic.twitter.com/E7jdEuQCNq

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) August 31, 2018

The incident occurred Thursday night as the president railed against the news media during a rally in support of Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun, who is also seeking to unseat Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) in November.

During the rally, Trump attacked CNN and NBC, calling the latter “worse than CNN.” 

The president also went after a New York Times reporter over coverage of his past crowd size, saying the reporter “doesn’t have a clue.”