On Sunday, White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders had the unenviable task of defending Donald Trump‘s claim that former President Barack Obama ordered that all of Trump’s phones be wiretapped.
Let it suffice to say Huckabee didn’t exactly rise to the occasion.
Related: This guy just punk’d Kellyanne Conway so damn hard
ABC News host Martha Raddatz was quick to point out that Trump said it was a “fact” that his phones had been tampered with but didn’t bother to provide any proof.
How about we take this to the next level?
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Sander’s response:
The New York Times, the BBC have also talked about and reported on the potential of this having had happene. All we’re saying is let’s take a closer look. Let’s look into this. If this happened, if this is accurate, this is the biggest overreach.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: "I'll let the President speak for himself.
Martha Raddatz: "But you're his spokesperson!?"
— Michael LaRosa (@MichaelLaRosaDC) March 5, 2017
“If! If! If! if! If!” Raddatz exclaims, clearly exasperated. “Why is the president saying it did happen?”
“I think he is going off information he’s seen that has led him to believe that this is a very real potential,” Sanders says. “The American people have a right to know if this took place.”
“The president believes it is true?” Raddatz emphasizes, reminding Sanders that Trump said the wiretapping was a “fact.” after again explaining that Trump had called the wiretapping claim a “fact.”
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“His tweet speaks for itself,” says Sanders. “He’s talking about… could this have happened?”
“He’s saying — once again, he said it did happen,” Raddatz replies.
Sander’s barely coherent counterpoint:
“All we’re asking is we get the same level of look into the Obama administration and the potential that they had for a complete abuse of power that they’ve been claiming that we’ve done over the last six months. And time and time again, there’s no evidence or wrongdoing. The FBI says this is B.S. Yes, you guys continue to hammer and hammer of some false idea and false narrative that there’s something there when, frankly, there just isn’t.”
Archly, the ABC host retorts, ““I just want to say Donald Trump started this on Saturday morning.”
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1EqualityUSA
Flail-action, action-flail. Not fun to watch. A Cap’n Queeginess feeling. Category: Worrisome. Just remember which Republicans voted for Sessions. That will provide you with the list of names needing superseding. For the Republican party even to begin to recover from this political disembogue, purging those who harm their reputations historically is logical. His nibs is worried enough to beg for cash. Throwing money at 2018 will not restore the GOP’s reputation. A mythological tale is unfolding before our twitching eyes. Suction cups, rendering the spineless ones immobile. Paul Ryan, no! Unbutton your coat! Attempts to call this, “leading” are scrutinized with the finest Cosmic nit comb known to the world, freedom of the press. Comprised of problem solvers, the U.S.A. will figure this out in public, as comedy turns satire, which further turns to vulnerability on all. The damages, impulsivity and little forethought wrought will not go unnoticed. The pendulum will swing back. That’s what a free society yields, the fruit of our experiment. Aye, there’s a demi-god out there, if ever there was one, Freedom. This problem will be solved, democratically. It may take the rest of the world longer to recover from our lapse in judgment. Harm is measured. The ripple effect of it must be the ultimate torment to reconcile. Will we ever see calm waters again? The ripple, lost?
DCguy
Get ready for the Trump Trolls to come in here and either try to deflect by yelling “Obama!” or “Clinton!”
Or they will claim that the woman interviewing the other woman was sexist for asking her a question.
Or they will say something completely vague like “Oh, this unknown person will take care of that and they’ll expose everything” to try to move the discussion.
So lets finish by saying “Hey, media, if the spokespeople don’t have anything to say, stop inviting them on the air.
paul dorian lord fredine
i might agree with your final statement if it wasn’t so much fun watching his surrogates make total asses of themselves.
DCguy
Ok, you have a point. lol
Charlie in Charge
These are the same arguments made by the Ancient Aliens people “Look, we’re just saying that people have questions.”
davidkohl
Yes I have a question – how the hell did this repulsive numbskull get into the most important and powerful office in the world? How do you go from an educated, compassionate, principled President to this racist, sexist, homophobic, uneducated, greedy, tax-dodging monster? I still struggle to understand how in a supposedly democratic country that the person who won the most votes is the loser. How can that be defended as democratic? That aside – the creature in the White House ems unable to discriminate between truth and lie. Nixon could take lessons in duplicity and lying from this man.
DMRX
We got it… over and over and over: You’re British and don’t understand the difference between a democracy (which we are not) and a constitutional republic (which we are). You may not agree with it (which is fine), but do some research, and shut up already.
Mkiel
Very well said.
davidkohl
DMRX – British or not I am entitled to the same free speech as you are moron. I would suggest you listen to various speeches by your former President and First ladies in which they describe the USA as the ‘world’s first democracy’ – a false claim by the way. Having spent several years studying American and British Constitutional History I do have some understanding of the way your ridiculous system works. Could you even point to Britain on a map? So no I will not shut up – your repulsive ‘President’ affects everyone and I will continue to shout about it until he goes. If you don’t like what I write then don’t read it. You have no right to silence people.
davidkohl
As for you Trump lackey Mkiel – don’t just hijack other people’s comments – get your own. Even in a ‘constitutional republic’ democracy is the central political form of government. The USA is one of the Western ‘liberal democracies’ – or it was until DMRX unilaterally decided it was not. You know you cannot justify the democratic deficit that allows that repulsive creature to occupy the White House. Or maybe you don’t understand the concept of a democratic deficit? If you Trump Trolls don’t like what you read on here then too bad – you don’t have to read it.
davidkohl
Oh and as for Sanders – another creep of the first order.
Kieran
Raddatz is the media bimbo best known for crying on live TV when it became clear Hillary had lost and Donald Trump elected President.
paul dorian lord fredine
seems like someone’s upset that she just handed huckabee’s ass to her on network television and did a damn fine job of it.
DCguy
Oh Look, the troll is trying to change the subject by attacking the reporter and calling her a bimbo. Please remind me what that has to do with the post and the fact that the spokesperson could provide zero proof.
dwes09
Ha! Just as predicted earlier here is a Trump troll changing the subject because there is no substantive argument to support Sanders’ obfuscation.
These apologists for Trump don’t even realize what fools they seem!
He BGB
It worked. Nobody is talking about AG JEFF SESSIONS lying about Russia. Trump always does this and the press follows. Distraction. Let’s get back to Sessions and others talking to Russian diplomats. Where is Trump’s tax returns? To call Obama a sick or bad guy is worse than anything.
1EqualityUSA
It was Russia who likely let Trump in on it, but he’s so impulsive that he didn’t seek counsel before speaking of it. He reveals how little he knows about the government and how it works. If he read more, he might have known that a sitting president cannot order a wiretap on a citizen. My guess is that the tap on a Russian caught a grotesque, bottom-feeder fish inadvertently? Break out the popcorn. Politicians beaching themselves to the point of suffocation is a mighty natural phenomenon, yet to be fully comprehended. The first one to flap his gills is a goner! Fury and rage, symptomatology, it seems.
paul dorian lord fredine
ass-kissing apparently runs in the huckabee genes.
Black Pegasus
I looked up this woman’s bio and it lists her high school in Arkansas prominently while saying little about the small obscure private religious college she allegedly attended. Sarah Huckabee Sanders appears to be over her head on the stage of presidential politics.
DMRX
“*in* over her head”
As are most people in the higher-up positions of this administration, the president included.
BGinBigD
Donald the Deflector at it again.
whatsaywhat
I’ll take Kellyanne’s obfuscation over that of the Huckabee klan. I can’t with that cracker accent.
kehvan
Yawn… The New York Times actually ran a piece in January explicitly stating that there was a wiretap.
mhoffman953
^ This.
The New York Times story was titled “Wiretapped data used in inquiry of Trump aides” and talked about how our government intercepted communications of members in the Trump campaign to find out if there were any ties to Russia
Why is it now considered absurd to say Trump Tower was wiretapped when Trump campaign officials were working from Trump Tower and in January, the intelligence community confirmed that they were monitoring communications of the Trump campaign during the election?
Louis
kehvan You can’t just claim something as extreme as that and not supply actual evidence to corroborate your assertion period.
Louis
No matter what anyone says you folks will always defend Trump and his incredibly corrupt administration it is absolutely embarrassing and shameful to say the least.
o.codone
Martha Radditz is not a journalist, she’s a partisan hack who’s time has passed. WTF are we doing listening to this fake news shit?
MediaGuy
The progressive media doesn’t get it. This example of Katie Couric style, amateur “gotcha” interviewing is exactly what the regressives are backlashing to, and it’s exactly what got Trump elected in the first place. Raddich IS a partisan hack as you said, and enough of this is enough. People no longer believe that this is journalism, and they’re right. Real journalism has to get back on track and find it’s roots again, otherwise we are going to have 8 years of DT, not just 4. This is fake, partisan interviewing and the media has to take responsibility for getting Trump elected. Meanwhile Raddich and her National Enquirer / CNN colleagues should go back and take Journalism 101 because they are so deep in their bullsh*it they couldn’t recognize real journalism if it was handed to them. God, this is pathetic.
GayEGO
After all of this time everyone should know that Trump is a comedian, not our real president, as he likes to tweet and have campaign rallies to stir up his Trumpsters. Frankly, he is wasting a lot of taxpayers time and money!
1EqualityUSA
not the sharpest tool in the shed.