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BY AVERY ANAPOL - 12/11/17 03:10 PM EST
Amid an ongoing national discussion about sexual misconduct, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders declined to answer directly when asked during Mondays press briefing if she herself has ever been sexually harassed.
CNNs Brian Karem asked Sanders the question during a tense briefing in which Sanders had sparred with reporters over fake news and discussed the sexual harassment allegations against President Trump.
As a woman standing up there talking to us, I know your job is to relate what the president says, have you ever been sexually harassed and do you understand and Im not saying by the president Im saying ever, Karem asked. And secondly, do you have any empathy for those who come forward? Because its very difficult.
Sanders responded that she does empathize with sexual harassment victims, but did not say whether she had personal experiences with harassment.
I absolutely would say that I have an empathy for any individual who has been sexually harassed, and that certainly would be the policy of the White House, she said. Im not here to speak about my personal experience on that front, but Im here to relay information on behalf of the president.
The press briefing came after several senators called for Trump to step down over the resurgence of the more than 16 accusations that he sexually harassed or assaulted women. Three of Trumps accusers held a press conference Monday in which they called for a congressional investigation into their allegations.
The official White House position on the Trump allegations is that all of the women are lying.
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/364314-reporter-asks-sarah-huckabee-sanders-if-she-has-ever-been-sexually-harassed
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)But its fair to say that she feels little empathy for anyone.
panader0
(25,816 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)Sarah Huckabee Sanders wouldn't know empathy if it came up and bit her in the ass. She is much an enabler as those protecting Trump.
JI7
(89,252 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)Bradshaw3
(7,522 posts)to answer. If she has, you can add one more pillar to the foundation of her true faith: venal hypocrisy.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)That means she has NO empathy for victims of sexual assault, harassment, or misconduct. Period.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)hypocrisy training in real time. Her as well as her Daddy are a couple of sick people.