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Donald Trump's campaign rallies always include the candidate and the crowd, but sometimes not the GOP nominee's traveling press pool, which in an exception to standard practice does not travel with the candidate and is sometimes impeded from attending his rallies. | AP Photo Donald Trump leaves the press behind, again

If you feel like you've read this story before, that's because you have.

Once again, Donald Trump left his traveling press pool behind while on the campaign trail.

Trump, who regularly chastises the press and calls out specific reporters, claiming they don't cover him fairly and don't show the crowds in attendance, showed up 10 minutes early to his Thursday afternoon rally in Concord, North Carolina. But while Trump gets the benefit of a motorcade that can skip traffic, his accompanying press pool, whose travel is organized by the campaign but paid for by the individual media companies, do not. So, they were at least 15 minutes late to the rally. For media with cameras, that means there's almost no time to set up (local media, and those who arranged their own travel, were likely already on site, which means the GOP nominee still got some coverage).

Unlike all other modern-day candidates, Trump does not allow the press pool to travel with him on his plane. As a result, the press are not necessarily always within the Secret Service "bubble" and do not get the benefit of the motorcade. Though Clinton does travel with her press pool, they are not considered a full "protective pool" and are therefore not with her at all times.

Journalists following Trump recently began to fly on a new "chase" plane that would more closely follow Trump's plane and is expected to help prevent instances such as one in September, when Trump's press pool, caught in traffic on the way from a different airport, was late to a Trump rally in New Hampshire. Instead of delaying his rally, Trump mocked the press for being late. In October, Trump left for the presidential debate in St. Louis well before his press pool, leaving it behind in New York for a few hours.

Late last month, the White House Correspondents Association sent letters to both campaigns, protesting their lack of full protective press pools and sounding warning bells that not accepting a protective pool on Election Day would be a “serious breach” of precedent and First Amendment responsibilities.

Clinton campaign officials responded to the letter, saying they "intend to have continued conversations" about the issue. The Trump campaign did not respond to requests for comment on the letter. We've reached out to it regarding today's incident and will update here accordingly.