White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Wednesday was called out by CNN correspondent Jim Acosta for not always telling the truth.
During the first White House press briefing in nearly a month, Acosta pointed out that President Donald Trump had mocked Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's account of an alleged sexual assault at the hands of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
"Isn't there something wrong with the president of the United States mocking somebody who says that she was sexually assaulted?" Acosta wondered.
Sanders, however, repeated an earlier answer, stating that Trump merely stated facts when he is said to have mocked Ford.
"He said that he was stating facts that Dr. Ford herself laid out in her testimony," Sanders replied. "Once again, every single word that Judge Kavanaugh has said has been looked at, examined, picked apart by most of you in this room."
"Every single bit of evidence and facts that we've seen in this moment have supported Judge Kavanaugh's case and the president simply pointed out the facts," Sanders insisted.
"Are you saying Judge Kavanaugh is the victim in all this?" Acosta pressed.
"I think both Ford and Judge Kavanaugh are victims at the hands of the Democrats," Sanders opined. "I think it is absolutely disgraceful what they have done and exploited this process. They exploited Dr. Ford and all the women that have come out to make any accusation."
"You don't have any problem defending the president's comment?" Acosta asked.
"I don't have any problem stating facts, no," Sanders shot back. "I know that is something that you probably do have a problem with."
Acosta refused to let Sanders have the last word.
"Actually, we do state the facts," he told Sanders. "And I think there have been many occasions when you don't state the facts."
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