April Ryan says she has hired security due to Donald Trump's attacks

"I stand on the shoulders of my late mother and father who sacrificed for me," @AprilDRyan says. "I'm five generations removed from the last known slave on my mother's side … they're proud of me."

"If I don't ask a lot of those questions, they will not be asked." pic.twitter.com/5gOldwHb1I

— The View (@TheView) November 8, 2018

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April let the yoppa loose on The View this morning when asked about why she does her job in the face of such a hateful administration.

Keep flipping. April ain’t done.

White House reporter @AprilDRyan recounts the moment in yesterday's press conference where Pres. Trump told her to "sit down": "It was a real question about a real issue that Americans just were dealing with the day before." https://t.co/26eY9trCsR pic.twitter.com/jJMpIRAMKy

— The View (@TheView) November 8, 2018

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She was holdin’ CHUUCH up in there! One last flip…

"It is a sad day when any reporter has to ask a sitting United States president if you are a racist."

White House correspondent @AprilDRyan weighs in on PBS' Yamiche Alcindor's question to Pres. Trump at yesterday's press conference: https://t.co/26eY9trCsR pic.twitter.com/IkLOuI5Zzd

— The View (@TheView) November 8, 2018

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April Ryan is a national treasure and she must be protected by any means necessary.