The White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders lashed out at the press on Thursday while declining to directly answer whether she agreed with President Donald Trump’s repeated use of the phrase “enemy of the people” to describe members of the media.
The New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger said he confronted Trump over the phrase last month in a meeting, citing it as an example of “inflammatory language that is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence.
Pressed by CNN’s Jim Acosta, who has often clashed with the White House, to personally distance herself from the term given her role as a public liaison to the press, Sanders said the president has made his position known. She then went on to criticize Acosta and other outlets over an array of topics.
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