A journalist from New Hampshire is speaking out about being blocked from covering a Kamala Harris event.
New Hampshire Journal reporter Leonard Robinson published a thread on X, in which he revealed the rejection he received, despite being welcomed at previous Democratic events.
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2/ @NHDems often make access hard for NHJournal. I’ve been physically blocked by their operatives, they’ve hidden locations of their events from NHJournal. Nothing compares to Harris’s visit.
— Leonard Robinson (@bylarobinson) October 25, 2026
He noted that he had RSVP’d to the Harris event the night before, but was told his name was not on the list of people being allowed in.
@NHDems @KamalaHarris 4/ After a few minutes, @alejandro_gar15 of @reproforall came out, spoke with me and then went to @ChrisPappasNH staffers. One of them @jenhughes_ waved her hands no and prevented my entry, citing “full capacity”
— Leonard Robinson (@bylarobinson) October 25, 2026
He claims that someone told him the event was at “capacity,” but he witnessed a photographer who “was not on the list” be allowed in.
@NHDems @KamalaHarris @alejandro_gar15 @reproforall @ChrisPappasNH @jenhughes_ 6/ I asked repeatedly to speak with someone from the campaign directly. I was blocked from that, too
— Leonard Robinson (@bylarobinson) October 25, 2026
Speaking to Fox News Digital, Robinson expressed his disappointment in how he was treated.
“The reception that I’ve gotten at past Democrat events from activists, from staff has mostly been positive… which is what makes this situation so disappointing,” he said, adding, “Why are [New Hampshire Democrats] afraid for her to talk to me? I think that’s the real question that’s gotta be answered here.”
NH Journal managing editor Michael Graham issued a statement to the outlet:
“This is a rare occasion for them to literally force Leonard out of, or one of us out of the event. And given Vice President Kamala Harris and her potential hopes to make history, it was really unfortunate that they would keep [out] a reporter from an award-winning member of the New Hampshire Press Association.”
New Hampshire Journal is billed as one of the state’s only “right of center” publications, but New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley slammed it as “a partisan right wing site created to smear Democrats” in an X comment.
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@daveweigel NH Journal is not a reliable source of news in NH, it is a partisan right wing site created to smear Democrats. Since its creation, NHJ has rarely, if ever, received credentials to any Democratic or progressive event.
— Raymond Buckley
(@ChairmanBuckley) October 25, 2026
“NH Journal is not a reliable source of news in NH, it is a partisan right wing site created to smear Democrats. Since its creation, NHJ has rarely, if ever, received credentials to any Democratic or progressive event,” he wrote.
