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<p>Unarmed men continue to be <a href="https://splinternews.com/the-brother-of-stephon-clark-and-other-fed-up-sacrament-1824132535">murdered by police in America</a>, and the officers responsible consistently <a href="https://splinternews.com/white-cops-walk-free-in-alton-sterling-case-1824112132">fail to face consequences for it.</a> According to the White House press secretary, this is not a matter that concerns the president of the United States, but a &quot;local&quot; issue.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sarah Sanders says specific instances of the police using deadly force are a &quot;local matter&quot; but that they want to make sure that &quot;all law enforcement is carrying out the letter of the law&quot; <a href="https://t.co/L4nGJFGjqF">https://t.co/L4nGJFGjqF</a></p>&mdash; CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/979065244185255938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked by reporter April Ryan for comment on Tuesday&#39;s news that the white cops who shot and killed <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/us/alton-sterling-baton-rouge.html">Alton Sterling </a>will not face any charges, as well as the<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/us/stephon-clark-sacramento-protest.html"> killing of Stephon Clark </a>in his grandmother&#39;s backyard.</p><p>&quot;Certainly a terrible incident, this is something that is a local matter, and that&rsquo;s something that we feel should be left up to local authorities at this time,&quot; she said.</p><p>Ah yes, a local matter.</p><p data-aria-label-part="0" lang="en">If there&#39;s one think Trump doesn&#39;t do it&#39;s comment on things outside his area code.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">White House press secretary&#39;s position on Alton Sterling&#39;s death is &quot;this is something that is a local matter.&quot; This is not the position that the White House has taken on previous comments that the president has made about shootings in Chicago or crimes committed by immigrants.</p>&mdash; Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/979061950083723269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;This is a local matter,&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> says of Anton Sterling and Stephon Clark police-shooting deaths. &quot;Not something for the federal government to weigh in on.&quot; CONTRAST: <a href="https://t.co/7BlrmbGuig">pic.twitter.com/7BlrmbGuig</a></p>&mdash; Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/979062940623101952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s very hard for the White House to claim &quot;A LOCAL MATTER&quot; when the president of the United States literally tweets about local crime issues he sees on cable news <a href="https://t.co/JFH47p9tyJ">https://t.co/JFH47p9tyJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/zCOErAXRW8">https://t.co/zCOErAXRW8</a></p>&mdash; Mark Berman (@markberman) <a href="https://twitter.com/markberman/status/979063836576763904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>NBC News&#39;s Kristen Welker followed up, asking the press secretary to comment on the police violence hurting communities of color and if the president intends to show any leadership on the subject.</p><p>Sanders proceeded to short-circuit and spew some stuff about drugs and border security, because those are the only words she knows.</p><p>Here&#39;s the transcript, transcribed by <a href="https://splinternews.com/sarah-huckabee-sanders-melts-down-when-asked-about-poli-1824153379"><em>Splinter</em></a>:</p><blockquote> <p><strong>WELKER:</strong> You said these are local issues. And with respect, this seems to be an issue that the entire country is grappling with...does the president not need to show leadership on this issue?</p> <p><strong>SANDERS:</strong> When the president has talked about a number of issues, we want to find ways to bring the country together. Certainly not looking for any place of division. I think you&rsquo;ve seen that in the policies he&rsquo;s put forward. He wants to grow the economy, he wants to do that for everybody. He wants a better America for every American and that&rsquo;s been a repeated thing out of this White House. But when it comes to the authority to, uh, on the rulings that have taken place in the last few days, those are things that have to be done at a local level and they&rsquo;re not federal decisions at this time.</p> <p><strong>WELKER:</strong> But Sarah, a lot of African American moms all across the country feel as though their sons are dying. So doesn&rsquo;t the president feel like he needs to do something about that?</p> <p><strong>SANDERS: </strong>I think we should do every single thing we can every single day to protect the people of this country. I think the president, whether they&rsquo;re black, white, Hispanic, male or female, rich or poor, we look for ways to protect the individuals in this country, particularly, uh, children. That&rsquo;s why you&rsquo;ve seen the president take an active role over the last several months in school safety and looking at ways&mdash;we want to do that across the board, whether a kid is in a school, whether they&rsquo;re at home, no matter where they are in this country, kids should feel safe. And that&rsquo;s why this president has focused on safety and security as a big part of the priorities of this administration both through securing our borders, and stopping the flow of drugs, stopping the flow of gangs, stopping, um, the number of school shootings by the Stop School Violence Act, the background system. I&rsquo;m not saying it&rsquo;s perfect, and until every child is safe we can always do more, and we&rsquo;re going to show up every day for work trying to do exactly that.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>It&#39;s hard to imagine what it would look like if the White House cared <em>even less </em>about police brutality.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sarah Huckabee Sanders called your questions about Alton Sterling and Eric Gardner a “local issue” which to me looked like a racist not wanting to be bothered with questions about the murders of people of color. The policies she promotes/defends/likes are proof of that. <a href="https://t.co/3Oow9SNBdZ">https://t.co/3Oow9SNBdZ</a></p>&mdash; Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRickyDavila/status/979084602089394177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump weighs in on everything, including making childish attacks on Nordstrom to protect Ivanka, but has nothing to say on police shootings of unarmed black men? Give me a break! <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> Slanders just answered the big question &quot;what have you got to lose?&quot; EVERYTHING!!</p>&mdash; 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙨 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 (@dumptrump33) <a href="https://twitter.com/dumptrump33/status/979062366607429634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Translation: We COULD do something about the widespread systemic racism and racially motivated violence in our justice system, but we won&#39;t, because we&#39;re good with it.</p> &mdash; Emilee (@wordsRmightier) <a href="https://twitter.com/wordsRmightier/status/979068052200394753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">It&rsquo;s a state/local issue when it suits their needs, but a federal issue when that works better for them. Nothing but a bunch of soulless opportunists. This is why players kneel. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackLivesMatter</a></p> &mdash; Dustin (@dustinlneill) <a href="https://twitter.com/dustinlneill/status/979075459752263683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Isn&#39;t that handy? Letting the local authorities handle the situation, while Trump is standing in solidarity with everyone who hates California.</p> &mdash; #TrumpCantSwim (@TrumpCantSwim) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpCantSwim/status/979071400353894402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> how do you look at yourself in the mirrior everyday? If a black/brown cop would have shot and killed an unarmed white man I&#39;m sure you would be singing a different tune</p> &mdash; Ahson Shahid (@ahson_shahid) <a href="https://twitter.com/ahson_shahid/status/979066713739276289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p>It is indeed all the sympathy and nuance you&#39;d expect from people who would stage <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/donald-trump-mike-pence-football-tweets/">protests against protest before a football game. </a></p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Sarah Sanders called out for police brutality comments at today's tense press briefing.

Unarmed men continue to be murdered by police in America, and the officers responsible consistently fail to face consequences for it. According to the White House press secretary, this is not a matter that concerns the president of the United States, but a &quot;local&quot; issue.Sarah Sanders says specific instances of the police using deadly force are a &quot;local matter&quot; but that they want to make sure that &quot;all law enforcement is carrying out the letter of the law&quot; https://t.co/L4nGJFGjqF&mdash; CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 28, 2018 Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked by reporter April Ryan for comment on Tuesday&#39;s news that the white cops who shot and killed Alton Sterling will not face any charges, as well as the killing of Stephon Clark in his grandmother&#39;s backyard.&quot;Certainly a terrible incident, this is something that is a local matter, and that&rsquo;s something that we feel should be left up to local authorities at this time,&quot; she said.Ah yes, a local matter.If there&#39;s one think Trump doesn&#39;t do it&#39;s comment on things outside his area code.White House press secretary&#39;s position on Alton Sterling&#39;s death is &quot;this is something that is a local matter.&quot; This is not the position that the White House has taken on previous comments that the president has made about shootings in Chicago or crimes committed by immigrants.&mdash; Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) March 28, 2018 &quot;This is a local matter,&quot; @PressSec says of Anton Sterling and Stephon Clark police-shooting deaths. &quot;Not something for the federal government to weigh in on.&quot; CONTRAST: pic.twitter.com/7BlrmbGuig&mdash; Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 28, 2018 It&#39;s very hard for the White House to claim &quot;A LOCAL MATTER&quot; when the president of the United States literally tweets about local crime issues he sees on cable news https://t.co/JFH47p9tyJ https://t.co/zCOErAXRW8&mdash; Mark Berman (@markberman) March 28, 2018 NBC News&#39;s Kristen Welker followed up, asking the press secretary to comment on the police violence hurting communities of color and if the president intends to show any leadership on the subject.Sanders proceeded to short-circuit and spew some stuff about drugs and border security, because those are the only words she knows.Here&#39;s the transcript, transcribed by Splinter: WELKER: You said these are local issues. And with respect, this seems to be an issue that the entire country is grappling with...does the president not need to show leadership on this issue? SANDERS: When the president has talked about a number of issues, we want to find ways to bring the country together. Certainly not looking for any place of division. I think you&rsquo;ve seen that in the policies he&rsquo;s put forward. He wants to grow the economy, he wants to do that for everybody. He wants a better America for every American and that&rsquo;s been a repeated thing out of this White House. But when it comes to the authority to, uh, on the rulings that have taken place in the last few days, those are things that have to be done at a local level and they&rsquo;re not federal decisions at this time. WELKER: But Sarah, a lot of African American moms all across the country feel as though their sons are dying. So doesn&rsquo;t the president feel like he needs to do something about that? SANDERS: I think we should do every single thing we can every single day to protect the people of this country. I think the president, whether they&rsquo;re black, white, Hispanic, male or female, rich or poor, we look for ways to protect the individuals in this country, particularly, uh, children. That&rsquo;s why you&rsquo;ve seen the president take an active role over the last several months in school safety and looking at ways&mdash;we want to do that across the board, whether a kid is in a school, whether they&rsquo;re at home, no matter where they are in this country, kids should feel safe. And that&rsquo;s why this president has focused on safety and security as a big part of the priorities of this administration both through securing our borders, and stopping the flow of drugs, stopping the flow of gangs, stopping, um, the number of school shootings by the Stop School Violence Act, the background system. I&rsquo;m not saying it&rsquo;s perfect, and until every child is safe we can always do more, and we&rsquo;re going to show up every day for work trying to do exactly that. It&#39;s hard to imagine what it would look like if the White House cared even less about police brutality.Sarah Huckabee Sanders called your questions about Alton Sterling and Eric Gardner a “local issue” which to me looked like a racist not wanting to be bothered with questions about the murders of people of color. The policies she promotes/defends/likes are proof of that. https://t.co/3Oow9SNBdZ&mdash; Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) March 28, 2018 Trump weighs in on everything, including making childish attacks on Nordstrom to protect Ivanka, but has nothing to say on police shootings of unarmed black men? Give me a break! @PressSec Slanders just answered the big question &quot;what have you got to lose?&quot; EVERYTHING!!&mdash; 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙨 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 (@dumptrump33) March 28, 2018   Translation: We COULD do something about the widespread systemic racism and racially motivated violence in our justice system, but we won&#39;t, because we&#39;re good with it. &mdash; Emilee (@wordsRmightier) March 28, 2018   It&rsquo;s a state/local issue when it suits their needs, but a federal issue when that works better for them. Nothing but a bunch of soulless opportunists. This is why players kneel. #BlackLivesMatter &mdash; Dustin (@dustinlneill) March 28, 2018   Isn&#39;t that handy? Letting the local authorities handle the situation, while Trump is standing in solidarity with everyone who hates California. &mdash; #TrumpCantSwim (@TrumpCantSwim) March 28, 2018   @PressSec how do you look at yourself in the mirrior everyday? If a black/brown cop would have shot and killed an unarmed white man I&#39;m sure you would be singing a different tune &mdash; Ahson Shahid (@ahson_shahid) March 28, 2018 It is indeed all the sympathy and nuance you&#39;d expect from people who would stage protests against protest before a football game. 

Unarmed men continue to be murdered by police in America, and the officers responsible consistently fail to face consequences for it. According to the White House press secretary, this is not a matter that concerns the president of the...