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Donald Trump is rescinding the Washington Post’s credentials to cover his campaign events, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said Monday in his latest attack on the press.

“Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting of the record setting Trump campaign, we are hereby revoking the press credentials of the phony and dishonest Washington Post,” Trump posted on Facebook.


Trump had posted to Facebook nearly 20 minutes earlier “to show you how dishonest the phony Washington Post is.”

“I am no fan of President Obama, but to show you how dishonest the phony Washington Post is, they wrote, ‘Donald Trump suggests President Obama was involved with Orlando shooting’ as their headline,” Trump said. “Sad!”

In a statement, Washington Post editor Marty Baron said the decision would be damaging to a free and independent press.

“Donald Trump’s decision to revoke The Washington Post’s press credentials is nothing less than a repudiation of the role of a free and independent press," Baron wrote in a statement. "When coverage doesn’t correspond to what the candidate wants it to be, then a news organization is banished. The Post will continue to cover Donald Trump as it has all along – honorably, honestly, accurately, energetically, and unflinchingly. We’re proud of our coverage, and we’re going to keep at it.”

The Trump campaign has banned a number of news outlets from attending his events and press conferences over the past year, including POLITICO, Univision, The Des Moines Register, Buzzfeed and The Huffington Post.

“Trump in his campaign has repeatedly tried to control the coverage of news organizations by denying their journalists access to his campaign events. We believe that is a violation of the basic right of a free press to report — and if the goal is to squelch independent journalism about Trump it certainly won’t work,” said POLITICO editor Susan Glasser in a statement.

The Washington Post article Trump appeared to be balking at now has the headline “Donald Trump seems to connect President Obama to Orlando shooting.” The report includes a series of comments the candidate made on the morning news shows about Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando that left 49 dead and at least 53 injured. It originally had the headline "Donald Trump Suggests President Obama Was Involved With Orlando Shooting."

“Trump seemed to repeatedly accuse President Obama on Monday of identifying with radicalized Muslims who have carried out terrorist attacks in the United States and being complicit in the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando over the weekend, the worst the country has ever seen,” the report begins.

“Look, we're led by a man that either is not tough, not smart, or he's got something else in mind. And the something else in mind — you know, people can't believe it,” the Post quoted Trump as saying on Fox News Monday morning. “People cannot, they cannot believe that President Obama is acting the way he acts and can't even mention the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism.’ There’s something going on. It’s inconceivable. There’s something going on.”

Trump, who called on Obama to resign for not using the term “radical Islam” in his address to the nation Sunday, explained to Fox News, “He doesn’t get it or he gets it better than anybody understands — it’s one or the other, and either one is unacceptable.”

And while Baron's statement struck a serious tone, Post staffers responded in jest:

“It’s the FAILING Washington Post,” tweeted Dave Weigel, highlighting an adjective Trump frequently lobs at organizations he’s attacking. “Get it right!”

It’s the FAILING Washington Post. Get it right! https://t.co/ZUOMkORVt1 — daveweigel (@daveweigel) June 13, 2016

“He's just banning us till he can figure out what's going on,” Ben Terris tweeted, mocking the billionaire’s proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country until the U.S. can figure out what’s going on.

He's just banning us till he can figure out what's going on — Ben Terris (@bterris) June 13, 2016

“RIP experiences like talking to Trump on the phone for 30 minutes about whether he cheated at golf,” Terris said in a follow-up.

RIP experiences like talking to Trump on the phone for 30 minutes about whether he cheated at golf:https://t.co/XJTyCyxg6d — Ben Terris (@bterris) June 13, 2016

Karen Tumulty joked that, if elected president, Trump would “build a wall around 13th and K Streets.”

Trump has revoked the Washington Post's press credentials. If elected, he will build a wall around 13th and K Streets. — Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) June 13, 2016

“Looks like the ban has been broadened to also include The Washington Post,” added Jose A. DelReal.

Looks like the ban has been broadened to also include The Washington Post. https://t.co/M7I8xDmOT4 — Jose A. DelReal (@jdelreal) June 13, 2016