Getty Univision anchor Ramos tossed out of Trump event

Donald Trump sparred with Univision and Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos during a news conference in Iowa on Tuesday, permitting security guards to remove the journalist from his event before allowing him back in and engaging in a sharp back-and-forth on immigration issues.

“You haven’t been called on; go back to Univision,” Trump yelled at Ramos after the anchor repeatedly tried to toss questions to Trump despite not being called on.


In an interview with POLITICO last week, Ramos suggested he’d attempt to attend a Trump event, after Univision was told more than a month ago that it would not be getting an interview with Trump.

“Yea of course,” Ramos said when asked whether he would ever try to show up to a Trump event and ask him questions. “That’s always a possibility, of course. When that happens we’ll see how it goes.”

It didn’t go well.

Security officers physically escorted Ramos out of the event Tuesday night, with Trump saying it wasn’t anything personal. “I don’t mind if he comes back,” Trump said, adding, “He is obviously a very emotional person.”

Ramos was allowed back in minutes later, and proceeded to pepper the loudmouthed billionaire businessman with questions about his comments about “anchor babies,” his plans to build a giant wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and Trump’s assertion that many Mexican immigrants are criminals.

Trump said he plans to deal with immigration problems “in a very humane fashion.”

“I have a bigger heart than you do,” Trump told Ramos.

While Ramos was gone, Trump said he would have been happy to take his questions. He also denied he was the one who had him removed.

“I didn’t escort him out. You have to talk to security; you’re asking me questions, he just stands up and starts screaming,” Trump said. “Maybe he’s at fault also. Somebody walked him out. I don’t know where he is, I don’t mind if he comes back.”

Trump said “I would take his question in two seconds, but he stood up and started screaming.”

Responding to Ramos’ questions, Trump said his solution to build a wall along the border is an easy one: “I’m a builder.”

He quickly grew exasperated again at Ramos’ questions.

“I can’t deal with this,” Trump said, and soon moved to other reporters’ questions, though he seemed to suggest to Ramos a future interview. “You and I, we’ll talk,” he said.

Ramos is considered one of the most influential Hispanic journalists, with hosting gigs on Univision and Fusion, alongside an outspoken presence on Twitter, where he has called Trump’s immigration plan “wrong,” “absurd” and “impossible to achieve.” He, and Univision, have been among the biggest targets of Trump’s wrath. Trump sued the network for $500 million after Univision decided to drop Trump’s Miss Universe contest over the candidate’s comments about Mexican immigrants during his campaign launch. When Ramos tried, via handwritten letter, to invite Trump to sit down for an interview, Trump published the letter on his Instagram account, which included Ramos’ personal cellphone number. (The post has since been removed.)

In a statement on Tuesday after the exchange, Fusion CEO and Univision head of news Isaac Lee said: “We’d love for Mr. Trump to sit down for an in-depth interview with Jorge to talk about the specifics of his proposals.”