Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House Press Secretary, is resigning from the Trump Administration. She is the eighth Press Secretary to have served under Donald Trump.
What a tough job that must be.
No one knows what the guy will say, or when, about anything Administration-related or any subject that crosses his mind. He has verbal diarrhea with no editorial control. He just blurts out stuff which, typically, has no basis in fact…but, in his mind, makes a great sound bite for Fox News. The MAGA folk lap it up.
The Fact Checker, a weekly Washington Post column led by veteran journalist Glenn Kessler that researches the accuracy of statements made by political figures, reported last week that Trump’s “untruth” tally had hit 10,111 after 828 days in office.
Consider the plight of the White House Press Secretary whose duty it is to brief the press on Presidential comings and goings, important policy initiatives, and, particularly with this President, to walk-back stupid things the President tweeted, re-engineering language that he publicly “misspoke”, and openly lie about something that her boss did or said.
Mrs. Sanders has been caught repeatedly lying about stuff from the Press Secretary’s podium, and has had a habit of dressing-down the White House press pool for having the temerity to question the obvious lies. In her mind, and that of her President, those vultures were “enemies” (for seeking the truth, which is their job).
The Press Secretary has not held an official press conference with the White House press pool for the past three months. This abnormality may be attributable to the fact that Mrs. Sanders’ public lying was documented several times in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election and the attempts by the President and his operatives to obstruct the Special Counsel’s investigation.
In particular, the Press Secretary herself participated in the trumped-up case to justify the firing of FBI Director James Comey. Mrs. Sanders, at the White House press podium, invented some “facts” regarding FBI rank-and-file dissatisfaction with Comey, and on another occasion doubled-down with additional falsehoods demeaning the FBI Director. He was subsequently fired. When the Special Counsel pressed her on those statements, she admitted that they were made up out of thin air and stated that it was a “slip of the tongue”…that happened twice, on separate occasions!
So, we have had, for the past couple of years, a Press Secretary who lies, then lies about her lies, in support of the President, who is a pathological liar.
Truth is scarce in Washington D.C., but the current crew has taken the art form of blatant dishonesty to a level that would make Richard Nixon envious.
Sanders won’t be missed, except by the Liar-in-Chief.
It is rumored that Sarah Huckabee Sanders, in-your-face-Born Again Christian and professional liar, is going to run for Governor of Arkansas.
No shit. And, she’ll probably win; those Bible Belt hypocrites love a good fibber.