Sarah Huckabee Sanders Claims 'We Have Not Declared War On The Press'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By Matt Shuham | February 21, 2018 11:09 am

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended the Trump administration’s relationship with the press Tuesday night, inaccurately telling former Clinton administration press secretary Mike McCurry that “we have not declared war on the press.”

“Yes you did,” McCurry countered at a panel co-sponsored by the White House Correspondents’ Association and the White House Transition Project. Martha Joynt Kumar, the latter group’s director, moderated the event.

“Yes you did,” McCurry continued. “And that’s a big, big difference, and you need to roll that back. You can’t do it, but the President has got to roll that back.”

President Donald Trump and his one-time chief strategist Steve Bannon famously called the press the “enemy of the people,” and little has changed in the President’s view of the Fourth Estate.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Next time Halibut Eyes Sanders speaks, someone needs to look closely

to see if her tongue is forked.

[niyad]

2. you are correct. you are loooking for complete annihilation.

[unblock]

3. notice she said, "we have not *declared* war on the press."

she did not deny *waging* war on the press.

[TryLogic]

4. They are waging war on truth, facts, and reality.

The good Baptist preacher's daughter is a damn liar just like Trump.

[Leghorn21]

5. Okay ms sanders

[Scarsdale]

6. I always thought her daddy

was a fake Christian. He taught her well, how to lie with a straight face. She can protect the Orange Blob all she wants to, she will NEVER be higher than a 2 in his rating of females. Chunky $arah will lie for $$$$.

[ollie10]

7. Chunky Sarah? Sexist remark.

Her weight has nothing to do with this discussion.

I am no Huckabee fan, but certainly there are legitimate criticisms that can be directed towards her without this cringe worthy epithet.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

9. She's a tub and that is a real fact!!!

U.G.L.Y. You ain't got no aliby, you're ugly!

[ollie10]

10. What does her weight have to do with anything? Or her appearance?

This is really sexist. A male in her job and you wouldn't have knuckle heads talking about his looks, or his dress, or his weight.....

This is the 21st Century.....act like it!

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Trump Is A Fat Moron!

Is it ok to say that? It's an objectively true statement. Obviously, it can't be sexist.

In which case is ok to say it?

[LanternWaste]

14. Rational thought would dictate the cases only when it's relevant. Otherwise, it's mere petulance at

"In which case is ok to say it?"

Rational thought would dictate the cases only when it's objectively relevant. Otherwise, it's mere petulance at best.

But I certainly understand the desire to act petulant, as we often justify it as "truth" in order to maintain the pretense of our own self-righteousness.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Pointless Post

And is a dictionary definition of petulant thought.
Happy?

[ollie10]

16. I believe the point was to denigrate a woman as fat, ugly....

It would also be a waste to criticize trump for being fat.

Not that we would do that....which supports my point.

The word fat is not used in my house. Except to talk about fat grams, since my wife and i are on a low fat diet.

It is really demeaning to judge a person based on thinness and looks....hell, that is the way Trump judges women!!!! Can't I expect a higher level of discussion on DU?

Overweight is a health issue. If you buy into making fun of Sanders because she is "fat and ugly" how are you better than Trump? You think like he does. Pfft!!!

[MiniMe]

8. The only "press" this WH recognizes is Faux

[Faux pas]

11. Yeah

and god didn't make little green apples.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

12. No, they've declared war on the truth.

The Alternative Facts administration.