Gillespie’s Neighbor Slams Washington Post Reporters for Stalking Her Family

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie's neighbor, Jill Burnett, slammed the Washington Post on Friday after the paper's reporters were loitering in their Alexandria, Va. neighborhood and driving along with cars leaving Gillespie's cul-de-sac.

Washington Post reporters were staking out Gillespie's neighborhood in the "darkness of the early morning" on Wednesday to try and figure out where Gillespie was going to campaign that day, the Post reported, detailing multiple vehicles leaving the neighborhood.

Burnett wrote a lengthy Facebook post castigating the Post reporters for violating her family's privacy.

"Another disappointing article from the Washington Post on Ed Gillespie. I'm disgusted and outraged that our homes are being stalked by reporters under cover of darkness. I'm the neighbor mentioned in the article," Burnett wrote. "The Washington Post‘s surveillance team followed me as I drove my son and daughter to school. We had no idea they were following us. It was a violation of our privacy and crosses the line. I have lived across the street from one of the finest men you would ever meet—ED Gillespie."

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