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Trump May Have Thought He Could 'Push Me Around,' NBC Reporter Says

"Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History," by Katy Tur. (Jackson Mitchell/Here & Now)

During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump often singled out one reporter at campaign rallies, saying she and the rest of the news media weren’t covering the story right.

It was NBC’s Katy Tur, the first network TV reporter to cover Trump full time. Tur (@KatyTurNBCjoins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to discuss her new memoir “Unbelievable,” and what she learned covering Trump for two years on the campaign trail.

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Editor’s Note: The excerpt below contains some explicit language.

Book Excerpt: ‘Unbelievable’

By Katy Tur

Trump Victory Party

New York Hilton Midtown

10:59 P.M., Election Day

I’m about to throw up.

I’m standing on the press riser at Donald Trump’s New York City Election Night headquarters. Fox News is playing on two big-screen televisions,

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