“Immediately after I introduced myself to the Congresswoman, McSally went to one of her staff and then spoke to Morris. Morris in turn came to me and said McSally wanted me to leave. It was a closed meeting.

“I pointed out the chamber had sent an email blast about the meeting. Morris said the Republicans had wanted chamber members to attend. I told him the Roundup is a member of the chamber. Morris still asked me to leave.

“Later, McSally’s communications manager called the Roundup and said the candidate could ‘give’ me a few minutes at 9 a.m. I rejected the offer and told the staffer if the congresswoman didn’t want coverage of a meeting with the public (select as it was), I was not interested in interviewing her.”