.MaddowBlog: Press Sec. Sarah Sanders’ credibility reaches the point of no return.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been caught saying untrue things many times, but she’s often relied on a convenient excuse. “We give the best information that we have at the time,” has long been a go-to line for Donald Trump’s chief spokesperson.
The report says Sanders, since promoted to press secretary, told investigators she had no evidence to make that claim. As a rule, that’s reserved for routine slip-ups, such as saying “Iran” when one meant to say “Iraq.” Making up conversations with FBI officials, in order to justify the improper firing of an FBI director, is generally something altogether different.
The press secretary serves as a living, breathing reminder of the free press’ constitutionally protected right to question the most powerful office in the world. More than that, the White House press secretary is the person we turn to in times of emergency or tragedy for the truth. We must have faith that they will understand when the politics of the day should be suspended, and when the national need for unfiltered and untainted information takes precedent.
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