National Public Radio has begun sending political reporters to a shortened version of the training they would receive before going to a war zone in order to prepare them to attend Donald Trump’s rallies.
NPR has not revealed how many of its employees have undergone the training. Michael Oreskes, senior vice president of news, told The Washington Post the training is for “dangerous or possibly hostile environments.”
A spokeswoman for NPR added that the training is for dealing “with the stress of covering a very demanding story for a long period of time.”
There has been a recent spate of violence at Trump’s events, both originating from protesters and from attendees at his rallies. (RELATED: Donald Trump’s Weekend Defined By Protests)
Trump has blamed most of the violence on the protesters and has labelled them “agitators.”