Sarah Huckabee Sanders

The New Washington

The New York Times

News, Politics

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The White House press secretary is one of the most visible jobs in American politics. Michael Grynbaum, a media correspondent for The Times, spoke with Ms. Sanders about growing up as the daughter of a prominent politician, inheriting her position after her celebrity predecessor Sean Spicer quit and trying to manage coverage of a tumultuous White House while mollifying a boss who believes he is his own best spokesman.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, this is the new Washington.
0:03.7	I'm Michael Barborough.
0:05.0	Today, Sarah Huckaby Sanders.
0:08.0	To the best of my knowledge, I'm the first mom to hold the job of the White House Press
0:11.8	Secretary.
0:12.6	I've heard from countless members of the FBI that are grateful and
0:16.9	thankful for the president's decision and I don't even know that many people in
0:20.2	the FBI.
0:21.2	Unfortunately we have a room full of people that refuses to ask questions that America
0:25.2	cares about.
0:26.2	I'm happy to say that I directly spoke to the President Dylan and he would be more than happy to
0:29.7	be here for him.
0:30.7	The only thing I see misleading is a year's worth of stories that have been fueling a false narrative about this Russia collusion.
0:37.0	And I think if we're going to talk about misleading, that's the only thing misleading I see in this entire process.
0:42.0	And with that, I'll take your questions.
0:44.0	No it's I think that plant seemed better days it's time to let it go.
0:50.0	What is so oddly I don't actually know it was left by the previous administration.
0:55.0	I kept it alive until like the last month and then it's just like falling apart.
1:00.0	So I've given up on the plant.
1:02.0	Is that a metaphor?
1:03.2	No, the plant's just, it didn't make it.
1:05.2	Michael Grumba, who did you talk to?
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