Sarah Sanders blasted for using official White House account to attack Amazon

[applegrove]

By Tommy Christopher by Share Blue

https://shareblue.com/sarah-sanders-blasted-for-using-official-white-house-account-to-attack-amazon/

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Sarah Sanders
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@PressSec
Alexa, we have a problem if my 2 year old can order a Batman toy by yelling "Batman!" over and over again into the Echo

3:09 PM - Jan 14, 2018


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14 Jan

Walter Shaub
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@waltshaub
I know this WH's ethics office is next to useless, so here's a rule of thumb for complying with 5 C.F.R. § 2635.702: Avoid discussing purchases from private companies on your govt account. Remember that, as the most visible face of the Admin, others in govt will follow your lead.

Link to tweet

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Walter Shaub
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@waltshaub
If you were a low-level staffer with no press duties in a big department, @PressSec, your boss might just stroll into your office and ask you to delete this. But you're not that. Employees throughout govt look to you to set an example because tone from the top matters. Do better.

4:06 PM - Jan 14, 2018
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The possible complications of such a tweet are myriad, including potential effects on sales, or on the company’s stock price, or the mere appearance of an attempt to gain reward and/or punish Amazon.

As Shaub pointed out, in other circumstances, this could be seen as a minor error born of innocent motives, but Sanders’ position as a high government official complicates the matter. So does the fact that Donald Trump has waged a very public campaign against Amazon, whose founder also owns The Washington Post.


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[Hekate]

1. I think she lies and no such thing happened. This is about Bezos.

[Angry Dragon]

2. She deserves a $500,000 fine

[guillaumeb]

3. Definitely the perfect Press Secretary for Trump.

The same keen intelligence, the same devotion to high standards of conduct.

[CakeGrrl]

4. Sarah Sanders: Ethically bankrupt and unable to set up Alexa voice codes.

Relentlessly defiant and ignorant, as usual.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Too bad the kid didn't yell "Lying pig"

He could've gotten a clone of mommy.

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. If Obama staffer had attacked Walmart, and there is actually good reason to do that

the world would have come to an end.

[blogslut]

7. Also

Link to tweet

Daniel Powell?Verified account
@danieljpowell

Daniel Powell Retweeted Sarah Sanders

Today the president's Press Secretary brilliantly announced to foreign intelligence agencies that she has an Internet-connected hot microphone in her home.

[applegrove]

8. There's that too.

[Ms. Toad]

9. +1 n/t