President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE's reelection campaign caught flak Thursday night after a man identified as a rally worker was pictured allegedly trying to block a photographer from capturing footage of a demonstrator.

During the president’s rally in Indiana, where Trump continued to ramp up his attacks against the news media, a man identified as a volunteer member of the president's advance team can be seen blocking the lens of a photographer.

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Evan Vucci, The Associated Press' chief Washington photographer, posted a photo of the incident on Instagram, saying the photographer was trying to take a photo of a demonstrator at the rally.

The president’s campaign did not immediately return a request for comment from The Hill.

Among many things, this is such amateur hour. https://t.co/NcQbuZ7t9E — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 31, 2018

ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE: Trump staffer physically blocks you from seeing what is really going on. Stunning from from @evanvucci https://t.co/sN0Wr0m5Dz — Kasie Hunt (@kasie) August 31, 2018

America in 2018, apparently pic.twitter.com/PWCaDD7c77 — Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) August 31, 2018

Trump: "We as a country cannot tolerate political censorship! We are not going to let them control what we see!"



Only moments before, a Trump aide had physically blocked the lens of a press photographer to prevent him from taking a photo of a protestor. https://t.co/eo7Wn8TARq pic.twitter.com/E7jdEuQCNq — Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) August 31, 2018

The incident occurred Thursday night as the president railed against the news media during a rally in support of Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun, who is also seeking to unseat Sen. Joe Donnelly Joseph (Joe) Simon DonnellyHarris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle Trump meets with potential Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett at White House Names to watch as Trump picks Ginsburg replacement on Supreme Court MORE (D-Ind.) in November.

During the rally, Trump attacked CNN and NBC, calling the latter "worse than CNN."

The president also went after a New York Times reporter over coverage of his past crowd size, saying the reporter "doesn't have a clue."