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The letter, written by 16 female members of the media, calls on Donald Trump to "immediately remove Lewandowski from his campaign." | Getty Female media figures call for Trump to fire Lewandowski

A group of female, mostly conservative members of the media have signed onto a letter calling on Donald Trump to fire his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.

Conservative radio host Dana Loesch, Fox News contributor and Townhall editor Katie Pavlich, radio host and Fox News contributor Meghan McCain, CNN contributor and New York Daily News columnist S.E. Cupp and CNN contributor and The Federalist columnist Mary Katherine Ham are among the 16 who signed the letter.

"The press is to have an adversarial, yet civil approach to those in, or running, for elected office. Never in this line of work is it acceptable to respond to a reasonable and legitimate questioning with use of physical force," the letter states. "the photographs, audio, videos, and witness account documenting the treatment of Michelle Fields by Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's campaign manager, are inexcusable and unprofessional. Donald Trump should immediately remove Lewandowski from his campaign. The Trump campaign as stated that Lewandowski will not be fired even if convicted, however unlike the Trump campaign, we believe in making a statement on the record to clearly highlight he difference between right and wrong."

Lewandowski was charged by police on Tuesday with a misdemeanor battery charge over an incident in early March with Fields, a former Breitbart reporter, who was aggressively pulled away by Lewandowski after she tried to ask Trump a question following a news conference. Trump and his surrogates have embarked on a character assassination campaign against Fields, alleging at first that the incident never happened and that she had made it up, to now saying that Fields overreacted, that she was reaching for Trump, and that she was holding something, likely a pen, that could have possibly been viewed as some sort of weapon. (Trump himself was also holding a pen and autographing books at the time of the incident).