Posted on 01/22/2019 9:53:37 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders spent most of Thursday afternoon stepping in and out of her private office to field questions from reporters huddled in the hallway, seeking more answers on the president’s surprise letter denying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi use of military aircraft for her congressional delegation overseas.
The crowding of the West Wing hallway, in what is known as 'upper press,' has become the new norm for reporters seeking information or comment from the White House on major headlines over the past 35 days – a record for the span of time without an on-camera briefing during President Donald Trump’s time in office.
The Trump White House has not only lapsed its own personal record for the span of time with no press briefings – according to the UC Santa Barbara’s American Presidency Project, Sanders has also surpassed the all-time record for time with no on-camera briefings since they began during the Clinton administration.
Trump took to Twitter Tuesday morning to explain why Sanders no longer briefs reporters from the briefing room, saying it’s because “the press covers her so rudely & inaccurately.”
“I told her not to bother, the word gets out anyway!” Trump said. “Most will never cover us fairly & hence, the term, Fake News!”
Sanders declined to comment on this story.
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Since the President has been speaking to “We The People” every day, why do we need a press briefing?
Which makes you wonder why we need Sanders and the Press Office at all? The President is more than capable of reaching out to media representatives he trusts all on his own, and word will get out from the interviews he gives to them. The amount of money saved would surely be in the millions of dollars.
Fake news wailing it isn’t briefed. But it makes things up.
So its not like it wants to be kept apprised of the facts.
Acosta’s court ruling didn’t help much either.
Plus, he always stops and talks extensively to the press, and answers their questions whenever he heads out on Marine One.
Took her long enough to stop giving air time to those divas.
Why do we need the press? When I want fiction I order it from Amazon books
Evaluating everything in terms of $$$ is foolish
0bama didn’t do a presser for 6 months. I thought that odd because all of the MSM reporters had knee pads and bibs.
5.56mm
If it started under Clinton, it’s probably good to end it.
Exactly. Not only that, The President takes questions from the press all the time. He doesn’t need a press conference to take questions. President Trump has taken more questions from the press than any president in history.
Fake news from ABC.
Considering the extreme RUDENESS of the White House press corps and that most of the media keeps pushing totally fake news, I think it’s great that POTUS has put a moratorium on press briefings.
Let the crybaby press corps worms squirm. Let poop and pee in their panties. Let them OD on their Xanax, Zoloft, Prozac, Haldol and Lexapro, and wash their pills down with 150 proof whiskey LMAO.
Hey, the government is shut down, thanks to the nasty intransigence of the Botoxed B*tch and Schmucky Schumer.way. It’s not business as usual right now.
Trump tweeted about this, this morning. He said, “ Why bother?”
Celebrity reporters can’t grandstand and pontificate thier bias if they don’t have televised pressers. How heartless is Trump, anyway?
35 days? Havent even missed it once!
NON ESSENTIAL !
You have an organization which is serving no apparent function. Why not do away with it and save some money?
“Because of the Pelosi/Schumer shutdown, we can’t provide the necessary security to hold Pressers at this time”
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