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Zorro

(15,749 posts)
Sat Jan 20, 2018, 10:42 AM Jan 2018

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Offers to Lie for Free During Shutdown

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Calling it “the least I can do for my country,” the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said on Saturday morning that she would lie for free during the government shutdown.

“Now more than ever it’s important that the stream of falsehoods and distortions from this White House continues to flow in a steady and uninterrupted fashion,” Sanders said. “To achieve that, for the duration of the government shutdown I will be lying on a pro-bono basis.”

Sanders said that Donald Trump had asked that she keep a full accounting of the lies she told during the shutdown so that she could be reimbursed for them later, but she turned down that offer. “I’ve often said that I like to lie so much I would do it for free,” she said. “This is a chance to put my money where my mouth is.”

The press secretary said that her offer had already inspired other top Administration figures to lie for free during the shutdown, including Vice-President Mike Pence, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and White House doctor Ronny Jackson.

After making her announcement, Sanders moved on to a broad range of other topics, including her assertion that the government had not shut down.

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/sarah-huckabee-sanders-offers-to-lie-for-free-during-shutdown

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Offers to Lie for Free During Shutdown (Original Post) Zorro Jan 2018 OP
Have Lie Will Travel - Contact Huckabee - DC dem4decades Jan 2018 #1
This deserves to make the greatest page malaise Jan 2018 #2
That is a given BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #3
Will be a BITCH for Free.......... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #4
It's a trap! Don't believe her! nt Xipe Totec Jan 2018 #5
Kick dalton99a Jan 2018 #6
Every Press Conference is called The Bullshit Hour. djacq Jan 2018 #7
"WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)" BobTheSubgenius Jan 2018 #8

djacq

(1,634 posts)
7. Every Press Conference is called The Bullshit Hour.
Sat Jan 20, 2018, 12:39 PM
Jan 2018

Even my 8-year old great niece can pick up on the obvious lies coming from Huckabee Sanders.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,572 posts)
8. "WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)"
Sat Jan 20, 2018, 12:56 PM
Jan 2018

A standard nicety, and attribution is always important...but really, how far does one have to read into the document to just *know*.

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