Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump’s administration of vengefully denying access to a journalist from another news outlet.

The White House reportedly yanked the Independent’s Andrew Feinberg from his pool reporting assignment to cover the president in Iowa Thursday after a tense exchange with Trump on Tuesday.

Heinrich, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, firmly condemned the move as “retaliation.”

“The White House Correspondents’ Association strongly objects to the decision to restrict a journalist’s coverage simply because the president didn’t care for their questioning,” the Fox News senior White House correspondent wrote on X. “That is retaliation. The American public’s right to an independent press depends on reporters being able to do their jobs without fear that challenging the president will cut off their access.”

Donald Trump, pictured greeting Jacqui Heinrich at the rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner in July, got a rebuke from Heinrich and the press organization on Wednesday.

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Trump growled at him to be “quiet.”

“Not that I know of, sir,” Feinberg replied.

“I actually think there’s something wrong with you,” Trump said.

Trump’s belittling of reporters and denying access took a disturbing turn recently with reports that he’s considered closing the White House briefing room and turning it into an indoor swimming pool. That would effectively evict reporters from the premises.