When Lauren Batchelder questioned GOP frontrunner Donald Trump at the “No Labels” conference, the story went viral.
News outlets reported it as a confrontation about women’s rights. Batchelder asked whether she, under a Trump presidency, would make the same as a man, and if women would have the “right to control their bodies.”
Trump’s senior advisor Daniel Scavino first noticed that Batchelder is a Jeb Bush supporter.
I thought there was a plant 2day @ #NoLabels Conference | questioning @realDonaldTrump. #TrumpTrain confirms it was. pic.twitter.com/tTxg7z9RDw
— Daniel Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) October 13, 2015
Jeb loves U2 Lauren Rose Batchelder. Next time UR on a mission remember the power of social media. #JebsInternPlant pic.twitter.com/fbqz8jOmpI
— Daniel Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) October 13, 2015
Batchelder posted the story on her Facebook page:
Trump, it turns out, isn’t the first presidential candidate Batchelder has confronted.
@GlennVermont @NoLabelsOrg @bfp_news Here is little #LaurenBatchelder with Bernie pic.twitter.com/Ut6QnVsA5C
— Barb (@BarbofPA) October 13, 2015
Batchelder has also posted favorably about Jeb Bush on Facebook.
Lauren’s LinkedIn profile lists her current positions as “This is American Rugby, Jeb Bush for President 2016, WMUR TV ABC 9.”
Scavino wants Bush to explain.
Dear @JebBush, You should explain your thought process on the intern you planted at the #NoLabels Conference. #Fail pic.twitter.com/7vqdfjklUk
— Daniel Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) October 13, 2015
Batchelder has, in fact, met Bush:
Remember this picture, in case Jeb tries to say he doesn't know her. http://t.co/Fto8pDdMGO Jeb w/ Lauren Batchelder pic.twitter.com/ibSXA0hirO
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) October 13, 2015
Trump also weighed in:
The arrogant young woman who questioned me in such a nasty fashion at No Labels yesterday was a Jeb staffer! HOW CAN HE BEAT RUSSIA & CHINA?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 13, 2015
Lauren has made her Facebook page private, leaving only this viewable by the public: