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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 10:32 AM Aug 2018

White House held just 3 daily press briefings in July

Source: The Hill

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders hosted just three "daily" press briefings during the month of July, according to official transcripts released by the Trump administration.

The low number comes at a time when the president and his press team face an increasingly fraught relationship with the White House press corps — and the media more broadly.

CNN's Allie Malloy first (reported) the low number of briefings, tweeting that Sanders had been behind the podium for less than an hour over the entire month.

Recent press briefings hosted by Sanders have been characterized by combative questions from press corps members and retaliation from administration officials.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399832-cnn-white-house-held-just-3-daily-press-briefings-in-july



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White House held just 3 daily press briefings in July (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 OP
They don't believe... yallerdawg Aug 2018 #1
We have a self-styled dictator. Kings have lineage. dchill Aug 2018 #2
Did they pay Huckabilly for just 3 days' work? Dave Starsky Aug 2018 #3
What do we need her for if she's not doing her job? brush Aug 2018 #4
A month of bone spurs Roy Rolling Aug 2018 #5
It is summer time, and I am sure everyone there wants to slip on their swimming trunks and bikinis LiberalArkie Aug 2018 #6
They shouldn't call them "Daily" anymore. BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #7
Yeah, but they pack a lot of lies, flasehoods, and distortions into those three. FSogol Aug 2018 #8
Must of run out of believable lies and crap to tell...nt SWBTATTReg Aug 2018 #9
Why focus on this when -45 hasn't had one in 530 days Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2018 #10
Goebbels in pearls... LudwigPastorius Aug 2018 #11
I see her as a Waffle House waitress left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 #13
Yeah, the kind that would flick her Marlboro into your omelette if she's having a bad day. LudwigPastorius Aug 2018 #14
She's a short timer, and Mad-in-Mo Aug 2018 #12
That's not even weekly. Orsino Aug 2018 #15

LiberalArkie

(15,719 posts)
6. It is summer time, and I am sure everyone there wants to slip on their swimming trunks and bikinis
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 11:01 AM
Aug 2018

head to the beaches.

LudwigPastorius

(9,155 posts)
11. Goebbels in pearls...
Wed Aug 1, 2018, 01:58 PM
Aug 2018

What the hell is she being paid for?

She, and her lazy eye, needs to move back to Arkansas.

I'm sure there are plenty of Waffle Houses there that will serve her.

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