You may have noticed that despite many in media playing this game about protesters/rioters being ‘mostly peaceful,’ that most of the media crews going out into the field to cover things on the ground have security with them.

That was very fortunate in what looks like a very scary situation involving MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell.

Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton almost attacked: pic.twitter.com/Y1ph336GHI

— Henry Rodgers (@henryrodgersdc) June 23, 2020

Mitchell was on the street interviewing Eleanor Holmes Norton, who is D.C.’s delegate to the House of Representatives, when suddenly a man dressed as a woman in pink lingerie rushed them both, even getting his hands on Norton’s back before he was pulled off by security. The security appeared to already be chasing the protester and it’s not clear what happened immediately before.

Mitchell is clearly shocked by the incident, clutching her chest. One of them, I think Mitchell, says, ironically, “Where’s the police?” Norton appears to say that she could feel the protester’s hands on her back.

The protester also reaches into a bag and the security smacks at it, obviously concerned about what might the protester might be reaching for.

You can tell the person is a protester because you can see the protest just down the street a bit and the aborted attacker is carrying a pink megaphone.

Ultimately the person mounts a scooter and appears to move off.

Henry Rogers of the Daily Caller posted the video and the Daily Caller reported that one of their reporters was attacked by protesters on Monday night as well.

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1275508606062952448

Some threatened reporter Shelby Talcott for filming. One said that if Talcott was filming her, “she would get all her money” apparently thinking it was unlawful to film her without her permission. Others said that they “would f**k you up.”

WATCH: Video of Daily Caller reporter @ShelbyTalcott being accosted by protesters in DC tonight. They later shoved her toward the cops who pulled her behind the police line.
pic.twitter.com/WnYZnwCUdo

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 23, 2020

Here it is from another angle. @ShelbyTalcott was harassed and shoved by protesters in DC. Completely unacceptable
pic.twitter.com/tgJh4jtaLD

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 23, 2020

Some try to mollify the situation, but it gets way out of hand and police have to rescue Talcott.

The protesters attacked and tried to grab her phone. She got shoved toward the cops, who then shoved the protesters back and took her behind the police. I think she may have lost her phone? Really bad. pic.twitter.com/ZD4GrC0WWt

— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) June 23, 2020

They didn’t ultimately get her phone, she was able to hold onto it, according to the Daily Caller.

“I didn’t let her have it and fought her for it,” Talcott said, adding, “They weren’t there to talk, they were there to get me out by any means necessary, that was made clear when the woman attacked me to try and steal my phone.”

But who wants to bet that Andrea Mitchell goes on air tonight and still calls them “mostly peaceful?”