White House daily press briefing has quietly been abolished
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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/28/white-house-press-briefings-kavanaugh-852144
Sanders’s last press briefing took place on Sept. 10, a time when Kavanaugh was still known as a somewhat bland, Bush conservative, Supreme Court shoo-in. “Judge Kavanaugh reinforced the bedrock principles of judicial independence and rule of law,” Sanders said of his testimony that day. “We look forward to the Judiciary Committee completing its review and advancing his nomination.”
Before that, she hadn’t answered questions from the briefing room podium since August 22, according to CBS News correspondent Mark Knoller, who keeps a log of press briefings. In between, she appeared on the Trump-friendly morning program “Fox & Friends” to respond to questions about journalist Bob Woodward’s book about the Trump White House, “Fear.”
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The result is a president who already viewed himself as his own press secretary has essentially taken on that role at a critical moment for his administration.
And the principle of a senior White House official being held to account in public for transparency and access to people in positions of power — an essential plank of democracy — is being tested.
I hadn't realised it, but yeah I haven't heard anything about Sarah Sanders in ages
What a giant bunch of fucking snowflakes. Can't face the real press, need to hide on the national propaganda channel instead. And they have the nerve to call liberals snowflakes, that's projection worthy of the IMAX brand.
I thought liberals were supposed to be the special snowflakes 🤔
Everyone who even considers the possibility of the administration of ever being in the wrong is considered a snowflake.
Imo the daily press briefing should be required by law, in the name of transparency.
why even bother? we've had two years straight of nothing but lies and propaganda day in and day out, its not like the press briefings meant anything
It's the principle of it. It's better for them to lie and be called out on lying than to rather just stay dead silent and have other people project their own meaning onto said silence.
this was obvious when they brought in a fox news executive as communications director. They will not be held accountable by their own words.
This is why:
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/242634/70d8b6b6-e81d-48cd-bcbc-a334d72e639c/image.png
Whitehouse quietly OWNS lie-beral media by retreating into their safe space
I guess the administration staff has had enough of the mental gymnastics of defending Trump in public and finally took a break.
Now they can have time to thoughtfully plan out how to justify his words and actions.
Wouldn't surprise me if they started saying that they never had them in the first place
We have had the MOST press briefings of any administration in the history of this country. PERIOD.
There was a rumor that Sarah Sanders was going to leave before the end of the year, maybe they just won't bother replacing her.
I'm happy to see Trump take on the role of his own press secretary so he can be laughed at and humiliated some more. Also, time he spends briefing is time he isn't spending legislating
He was laughed at
The president wasn't laughed at.
THEY WERE LAUGHING WITH ME!!!
They could, and should, take it even a step further. Eg here in Australia, the House of Representatives has Question Time at 2PM on every day the Parliament sits. MPs from all sides of politics - government, opposition and crossbench - can ask questions without notice, directly to the Prime Minister and the other Ministers. You’re Canadian and Canada probably already has a Question Time so you would already know, but yeah, that’s the gist of it for those reading who don’t know.
Maybe the US could take inspiration and have the President front a joint session of Congress once a week, to answer questions without notice posed by the members of Congress and Senators.
A classic Republican idea!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7403162.stm
IIRC that's question period here.
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