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Ann Romney jests she could 'strangle' press

The National Review's Katrina Trinko reports that Ann Romney is so frustrated with the media's coverage of her husband that she recently joked about strangling them, and suggested that some reporters weren't going to be allowed back on the press bus.

From Trinko's report, published this morning:

At [the Midland County Republican Club luncheon Sunday], Ann Romney also complains about the media treatment of her husband. “All of us in this room know the media loves Barack Obama. They don’t want anyone who has a chance of defeating him,” she says. Speaking openly about how it was “getting harder and harder to be cheerful,” she laughingly says, “I am so mad at the press [that] I could just strangle them! And, you know, I think I’ve decided there are going to be some people invited on the bus and some people just aren’t going to be invited on the bus.”

The Romney campaign told me that Ann's comments were made "in jest."

"She was laughing when she said this," Romney press secretary Andrea Saul explained via email.

Saul added that "Ann has a very warm relationship with members of the press who travel with the campaign," a characterization reporters on the trail seconded.

"She is generally very kind," one told me. "Frequently described as more warm and genuine than the candidate."