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demmiblue

(36,808 posts)
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 01:24 PM Nov 2019

Sarah Sanders defends Trump: He reads 'more than anybody I know'

Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended President Trump after an anonymous author who served in his administration claimed in a new book that officials had to slim down their briefing materials to a single key point in order to make the information easier for the president to understand.

In excerpts of “A Warning” that were published by Business Insider, the author wrote that some officials in the Trump administration were instructed to reduce briefing materials in presentations because Trump “couldn't digest too many slides.”

Sanders, the former White House press secretary, said during an appearance on a Fox News panel on Sunday that she thinks the author behind the book, who served as a senior official in the Trump administration, is a “total coward” and added that she found the book to be “despicable.”

She went on to say that the book reads as being from somebody who is not close to Trump, agreeing with points made by fellow former press secretary Sean Spicer, who had also joined Sanders on the panel.

“It doesn’t read to me like somebody that’s spent real time with the president. You can’t spend the kind of time with him and have that takeaway,” Sanders said.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/471898-sarah-sanders-defends-trump-he-reads-more-than-anybody-i-know


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Sarah Sanders defends Trump: He reads 'more than anybody I know' (Original Post) demmiblue Nov 2019 OP
Okay it is possible he reads ore than anyone Unclephil Nov 2019 #1
Nonsense DENVERPOPS Nov 2019 #6
Maybe he does read more than anyone Sarah knows catrose Nov 2019 #16
My first thought too. lunatica Nov 2019 #17
Would she lie? TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #32
She might be telling the truth. CincyDem Nov 2019 #33
Yeah, her dad sure hasn't read the Bible. Well, it might have been The Living Bible for kids. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #44
"And I'm drinking orange juice." lame54 Nov 2019 #50
She's just admitting that all she knows are illiterates. Or, jrthin Nov 2019 #2
My thoughts too. n/t livetohike Nov 2019 #7
This panel on Fox News sounds scripted. I wonder if they do rehearsals. GreatCaesarsGhost Nov 2019 #3
More likely lunatica Nov 2019 #18
If he reads more than anyone she knows, grumpyduck Nov 2019 #4
And she will be running for governor Iliyah Nov 2019 #5
My favorite name for her: DENVERPOPS Nov 2019 #8
The Uncredible Huck underpants Nov 2019 #21
She doesn't want to be called a liar and then she goes and tells LIES! nt UniteFightBack Nov 2019 #9
He may read more than anyone she knows StarfishSaver Nov 2019 #10
What does she feed those boys ..... magicarpet Nov 2019 #11
I have no idea how to interpret that picture lunatica Nov 2019 #19
Yikes!!! LakeArenal Nov 2019 #38
Cable news chyrons don't count, Sarah. tanyev Nov 2019 #12
Oh, I think you... 3catwoman3 Nov 2019 #28
They must be desperate when they bring out professional liars spanone Nov 2019 #13
Fast food menus don't count Runningdawg Nov 2019 #14
he especially likes the books with big print, short words, and colorful pictures 0rganism Nov 2019 #15
Highlights for Juniors came to mind. LakeArenal Nov 2019 #41
oooh! the hard stuff! 0rganism Nov 2019 #47
he likes the search and find page... lame54 Nov 2019 #52
That's obviously a very low bar. Nitram Nov 2019 #20
She's either lying again or she only spends time around illiterate morons. smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #22
Well Sarah, apparently you don't know very many people. Tracer Nov 2019 #23
If Prez. Chauncey Gardener is the most prolific reader she knows, then she's definitely lying. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #24
Twitter feeds aren't really 'reading' Sarah Maeve Nov 2019 #25
How sad that there are so many illiterate people in Sarah's life Pachamama Nov 2019 #26
is she claiming he reads on the toilet? EveHammond13 Nov 2019 #27
That was before Mad magazine shutdown. CentralMass Nov 2019 #29
Lol Faux pas Nov 2019 #30
That says a lot about the kind of people she knows Sanity Claws Nov 2019 #31
In other words, he never reads since Sarah always lies Arazi Nov 2019 #34
wanna bet that all that reading is only articles and books about him... Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 #35
She must be talking about the coloring books that rump is barely able to handle/process...nt SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #36
Maybe she saw him paging through magazines and newspapers looking for his name and Pharlo Nov 2019 #37
"I hate being called a liar" budkin Nov 2019 #39
Is she's talking about the instruction manual for how to flip a light switch Downtown Hound Nov 2019 #40
Orwell was an optimist. nt Grasswire2 Nov 2019 #42
She would have to spend a LOT of time with him to know that. louis-t Nov 2019 #43
She probably knows allot of illiterate people TNLib Nov 2019 #45
Trump reads a lot of newspapers each day Polybius Nov 2019 #46
That's because you know a bunch of fucking illiterate imbeciles ... 11 Bravo Nov 2019 #48
Oh FFS, ya can't get mad when we call you a liar, Sarah! donkeypoofed Nov 2019 #49
Haaaaaa! NurseJackie Nov 2019 #51
So he reads his own tweets... C_U_L8R Nov 2019 #53
Especially on Biblical matters dalton99a Nov 2019 #54
Uh, Sarah, excuse me but I don't think Twitter counts... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #55

DENVERPOPS

(8,781 posts)
6. Nonsense
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 01:35 PM
Nov 2019

I immediately thought of what's her name journalist asking Sarah Palin about her "reading" material.

His staff has commented that they have to edit the daily intelligence reports that they hand to him down to one page in large print.
They have also commented that they need to word it like a report given to a third grader..........

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
17. My first thought too.
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 02:21 PM
Nov 2019

Idiocrats aren’t big on reading. In the ‘Idiocracy’ documentary it shows they have cute icon buttons to choose their responses, instead of words spelled out.

jrthin

(4,831 posts)
2. She's just admitting that all she knows are illiterates. Or,
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 01:33 PM
Nov 2019

she continues to do what she knows and does best: lie.

magicarpet

(14,107 posts)
11. What does she feed those boys .....
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 01:58 PM
Nov 2019

.... Hostess Cupcakes, RingDings, and Twinkies from the moment they get up to the second they go back to bed ?

LakeArenal

(28,786 posts)
38. Yikes!!!
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 02:51 PM
Nov 2019

Biting back comments. Biting hard...

Hmmm what did Repukes say regarding Chelsea’s teen appearance.

Still biting hard.....Grrrrrr

0rganism

(23,914 posts)
15. he especially likes the books with big print, short words, and colorful pictures
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 02:11 PM
Nov 2019

his oral interpretation of "One Fish, Two Fish" is legendary among white house staff

0rganism

(23,914 posts)
47. oooh! the hard stuff!
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 03:42 PM
Nov 2019

those are some wicked hard reads for Trump, but many people are saying he plows through anyway

Tracer

(2,769 posts)
23. Well Sarah, apparently you don't know very many people.
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 02:29 PM
Nov 2019

You also have quite the history of telling bald-faced lies, but this one has to be the whopper of them all.

TheBlackAdder

(28,155 posts)
24. If Prez. Chauncey Gardener is the most prolific reader she knows, then she's definitely lying.
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 02:29 PM
Nov 2019

.

I'm sure she knows some 3rd grade kid in the neighborhood, or some 3rd grader anywhere.

.

Sanity Claws

(21,836 posts)
31. That says a lot about the kind of people she knows
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 02:35 PM
Nov 2019

She knows only ignoramuses. (The plural is not ignorami!)

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
34. In other words, he never reads since Sarah always lies
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 02:42 PM
Nov 2019

The opposite is true when it comes to anything she says

Pharlo

(1,816 posts)
37. Maybe she saw him paging through magazines and newspapers looking for his name and
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 02:44 PM
Nov 2019

thought he was reading. Her next statement will probably he's the fastest reader she knows. Perhaps in her sphere opening a magazine or newspaper means you are 'reading' it.

11 Bravo

(23,924 posts)
48. That's because you know a bunch of fucking illiterate imbeciles ...
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 04:20 PM
Nov 2019

you unspeakably stupid and dishonest twit.

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