Sarah Sanders Goes Full Pee Wee Herman: Says CNN Guilty Of Collusion
All Sarah Huckabee Sanders has is, "Maybe YOU'RE the one guilty of collusion!"
In a weird exchange on CNN's New Day, after Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked if she was aware that Roger Stone may have been directed by a senior campaign official to contact Wikileaks, his Press Secretary asked if CNN was guilty of collusion for investigating the Wikileaks story.
Huh? My words exactly.
CNN's John Berman brought on Sanders to discuss the forced federal government shutdown before the news of the Stone arrest happened so she was not able to prepare her talking points properly and the CNN host acknowledged that point.
Sanders was a member of the Trump campaign before she was made the WH press secretary and Berman asked some pointed questions.
As the interview began, Sanders immediately pivoted to Hillary Clinton (just because), asking if she was going to be held to the same standards as Roger Stone. She then said his charges had nothing to do with Trump.
Berman asked, "You were a member of the Trump campaign during this time frame. Were you aware of the effort to get in touch with Wikileaks through Roger Stone during this time period, June and July of 2016?"
Sanders replied, "I was a member of the campaign which is why I know there was -- as I have said, a dozen times as the president has said probably hundreds of times there was no collusion, there was no wrongdoing by the president."
She continued, "What I also know is that outlets just like yours, CNN spent a significant time not only looking for information on Wikileaks but also reporting on it. Does that mean CNN is guilty of collusion?"
Say, what?
Sanders' defense sounded like something out of a Pee Wee Herman movie.
She then tried to misstate the special counsel's mission. When Berman corrected her, she fell back into her "Trump has been tougher on Russia than anybody" spiel.
Not a good day to be Sarah Huckabee Sanders or Donald Trump.
(*** I corrected the post to say sencampaignaing official in the opening)