Trump campaign says they will no longer credential Bloomberg reporters

The Trump re-election campaign is taking a swing at billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose 2020 Democratic presidential campaign is just kicking into gear.

Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale said Monday that the campaign will no longer credential Bloomberg reporters for rallies or other campaign events, though some reporters will be granted access on a case-by-case basis (it's unclear if this would also affect reporters covering the White House for the news agency). The announcement is in response to Bloomberg's editorial decision not to investigate Bloomberg or his Democratic competitors while he runs for office.

Bloomberg says it will continue to cover the Trump administration as it always has, though the agency said it would reconsider if its founder won the Democratic nomination and was taking on Trump in the general election. Either way, the Trump campaign didn't like the announcement, which Parscale described as Bloomberg "openly" declaring bias.

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Bloomberg's editor-in-chief John Micklethwait said the accusations of bias "couldn't be further from the truth" and that his staff will keep covering the administration and its campaign despite the announced restrictions.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), meanwhile, thinks the response was appropriate. Tim O'Donnell