White House's Sanders stonewalls at post-Cohen, Manafort briefing

[left-of-center2012]

Source: The Hill

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday stonewalled reporters who peppered her with questions about the guilty plea for President Trump's former lawyer and the conviction of his former campaign chairman.

Sanders pushed back forcefully against the notion that Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen's plea deal implicated the president in an illegal campaign-finance scheme.

"He did nothing wrong. There are no charges against him," Sanders said of Trump.

It is a refrain Sanders repeated a half dozen times over the course of the 21-minute briefing, her first since Tuesday's stunning legal developments ...

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/403096-white-houses-sanders-stonewalls-at-post-cohen-manafort-briefing

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[left-of-center2012]

1. Sarah Sanders struggles ...

Sarah Sanders struggles to explain away Trump hiring convicted felons.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday dismissed the fact that President Donald Trump had hired multiple convicted felons who have worked either for his administration or as part of his presidential campaign.

When one reporter asked Sanders about whether Trump broke his promise that he would only hire “the best” people to work for him,
Sanders shrugged it off by claiming that only a small percentage of the president’s employees had been convicted of felonies.

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[Gregory Peccary]

6. Quote

<<Sanders shrugged it off by claiming that only a small percentage of the president’s employees had been convicted of felonies.>>

LMFAO

[lagomorph777]

8. OMG that's a hoot!

...and only a somewhat larger percentage of ex-staffers are accusing Trump of felonies.

[PatSeg]

9. That is rich

Do these people have any idea what they sound like?

Only a small percentage of the president's employees.............at this time Sarah.

[LiberalLovinLug]

12. She should have been asked...

"On which side of the ledger do you consider yourself on?"

[alterfurz]

16. Fun Fact: Undocumented immigrants commit crimes at a considerably lower rate...

...than the election campaign staff of Donald J. Trump.

[olddad56]

17. anytime she says something stupid or absurd, the entire room needs to just burst out laughing.

as if she has just told a joke. She is a joke.

[Angry Dragon]

20. poor Sarah

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. And yet she looked so festive in her ruffled dress.

Then that damned media had to go and spoil her party.

[BigmanPigman]

11. She was "ruffled" by their questions

so her choice of attire was quite "fitting".

[BumRushDaShow]

3. That picture totally shows that

"Sarah has a sad."

[C_U_L8R]

4. Sanders has a sad

No one even bothers to subpoena her.

[PatSeg]

10. In my more fantastical imagination,

Sarah is a Mueller Mole and she is recording and documenting everything. Then I wake up, but it would make a great story.

[LiberalLovinLug]

13. No way

she looks too defeated, deflated and sad these days for that to be real

[PatSeg]

15. Oh, it is the defeated, deflated, sad look

that adds to my fantasy. "If only people knew what I was enduring for the American people, but alas, I cannot say a word, not even to my family. Everyone hates me. When will this nightmare end?"

Ah well, I fantasize because as I watch her, I cannot imagine why on earth she hasn't walked away before now.

[yallerdawg]

5. "He did nothing wrong."

I don't know how anyone with a shred of morality or honesty could say something like that, especially on the subject they all are dancing around.

[LiberalLovinLug]

14. How about a simple follow up...

"How do you know that for a fact?"

[olddad56]

18. any comment like that should be a cue to the press in attendance to burst into laughter.

every time.

[ResistantAmerican17]

7. One Point To the Press for trying to do their jobs

Minus one if they ever expect this lying sack of shit to do anything but lie her “Christian” ass off. Thou shalt not bear false witness Sarah. Choke on that you demon spawn.

[olddad56]

19. the press needs to treat her like the joke she is. Laugh in her face after every lie.