MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was in an unenviable position Thursday after Rudy Giuliani admitted President Donald Trump had been lying about a hush money payout to porn actress Stormy Daniels.
Sanders has told reporters that the president did not know about the payment, but Giuliani told Fox News host Sean Hannity that Trump repaid his longtime attorney Michael Cohen -- exposing the White House's lies and blowing up his legal team's defense.
"If I had Sarah Sanders' job today, I would still be in bed on my fifth plate of bacon, watching Wendy Williams," Ruhle said. "But, alas, Sarah went to work today."
Sanders refused to answer questions outside the White House about her previous denials and said she could not comment on "ongoing litigation," and she referred reporters to Giuliani for comment.
"In other words," Ruhle translated, "Rudy Giuliani stepped in it -- I'd really like to not be the one to roll in it. No joke, there's zero chance I would have gone to work today if I was Sarah Sanders."
Giuliani's startling comments on Fox News -- both Wednesday night and Thursday morning -- which he then repeated to reporters during midnight phone calls, put Sanders in a tricky spot, Ruhle said.
"It is stunning," she said. "Sarah Sanders, if she sided with Rudy, the president would be a liar. If she sided with the president, Rudy would be a liar."
