SCOTTIE NELL HUGHES: Do you think Michelle following or tailing Mr. Trump was right? Do you think that was good for her to keep doing?
ASHLEIGH BANFIELD (HOST): Sure. I tailed George W. Bush and asked him questions.
HUGHES: I think, and there's no doubt, but why wouldn't everybody be doing that? There's a certain respect level --
BANFIELD: I did the same thing with Bill Clinton. I tailed him and asked him questions. Nobody physically assaulted me.
HUGHES: And that worked out great. I agree, like I said no one wants to have that happen. At the same time you have to take -- there's consequences for your actions. If you're going to take the risk to jump on top of a candidate --
BANFIELD: You need to be where you're going to get hurt?
HUGHES: No but you had a significant, you had an agent right there. you had somebody in security right there, he obviously didn't think that she was under threat or that she should be in fear for anything. It was a pull back, it was probably an accident. He probably grabbed tighter than he should. He should have apologized, I will definitely admit that, but I think we are making this a huge hoopla out of something that --
BANFIELD: Maybe he shouldn't have grabbed someone hard like that. It's not about the apology, it's about the action.
HUGHES: But like I said, is it as big of a deal as what we're making it out to be? And if it wasn't Mr. Trump would we really be making this out to be this way?
BANFIELD: I think trying to physically curtail the press in an open country like ours is a problem.
HUGHES: I look at other candidates who allow people to just, who have rope lines. You have right now holding pens for Hillary Clinton events and nobody complains about this. Mr. Trump goes and walks around. He's having to put people in --
BANFIELD: Trump, no no. The Trump campaign has been the worst for all press who have reported ever working campaigns in the history of working campaigns.
HUGHES: He's been the worse. I apologize for that.
BANFIELD: Trump has been the most oppressive in terms of not allowing people to cover, and even to spin around to cover the protests --
HUGHES: He doesn't want people to spin around and [cover the] protest?
BANFIELD: He says he does but he will not allow -- when they do go out, and you've seen the examples of reporters getting grabbed by the throat by agents that are there when they dare to leave the pen.
HUGHES: Well then address that with the agency, don't address that with the campaign.
BANFIELD: Isn't it the culture that's being created in that campaign that's leading to what we're seeing all around the campaign?
HUGHES: But these are people coming in that are not being respectful. This is all about respect --
BANFIELD: I don't see Michelle as being disrespectful. Asking a candidate a question is not disrespectful, asking a candidate a question is not disrespectful. Let's agree.
