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<p>White House Press Secretary<a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/white-house-press-briefing-sarah-sanders-fbi-rob-porter"> Sarah Huckabee Sanders </a>held her first White House press briefing since the <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/tomi-lahren-florida-school-shooting-survivor">Florida school shooting </a>that killed 17 people, and the president&#39;s tweet blaming those deaths on the Russia probe.</p><p>On Saturday, Trump spent the day indoors tweeting rather than golfing, and unleashed this helpful theory to the world.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign - there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/965075589274177536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Survivors of the massacre were appalled by the tweet, and spoke up against it both on Twitter and on TV.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">17 of my classmates are gone. That’s 17 futures, 17 children, and 17 friends stolen. But you’re right, it always has to be about you. How silly of me to forget. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/neveragain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#neveragain</a> <a href="https://t.co/i6Hldlo0Aq">https://t.co/i6Hldlo0Aq</a></p>&mdash; Aly Sheehy Ⓥ (@Aly_Sheehy) <a href="https://twitter.com/Aly_Sheehy/status/965237538607726594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 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">Oh my god. 17 OF MY CLASSMATES AND FRIENDS ARE GONE AND YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO MAKE THIS ABOUT RUSSIA???!! HAVE A DAMN HEART. You can keep all of your fake and meaningless “thoughts and prayers”. <a href="https://t.co/al9DWBM2AW">https://t.co/al9DWBM2AW</a></p>&mdash; Morgan Williams (@morganw_44) <a href="https://twitter.com/morganw_44/status/965198475540549632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 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">17 innocent people were brutally murdered at my school, a place where they should have felt safe. Their lives were gone in an instant. You are the President of the United States and you have the audacity to put this on Russia as an excuse. I guess I should expect that from you. <a href="https://t.co/phOg97PJoD">https://t.co/phOg97PJoD</a></p>&mdash; Taylor Yon (@tayloryon_) <a href="https://twitter.com/tayloryon_/status/965225532165148674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Today, it fell upon Sarah Sanders to explain just WTF Trump was thinking.</p><p>Alas, the press secretary said that just because the FBI failed to act on a tip about the Parkland shooter because they were busy with the investigation into possible Trump campaign collusion with Russia doesn&#39;t mean that Trump thinks the FBI failed to act on a tip about the Parkland shooter because they were busy with investigation into possible Trump campaign collusion with Russia.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sanders on Trump’s suggestion that the FBI failed to act on a tip regarding Florida school shooter because it was busy with the Russia probe: “He’s making a point that we would like our FBI agency to not be focused on something that is clearly a hoax” <a href="https://t.co/8hSs56bfeb">https://t.co/8hSs56bfeb</a></p>&mdash; CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/966049987900723200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl asked Sanders if the president thinks the thought that he tweeted, which Sanders insisted that he doesn&#39;t.</p><p>&quot;Did he mistweet?&quot; Karl shot back. &quot;He said this is not acceptable. they&rsquo;re spending too much time to prove Russian collusion.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I think he&rsquo;s making the point that we would like our FBI agencies to not be focused on something that is clearly a hoax in terms of investigating the Trump campaign and its involvement,&quot; Sanders responded.</p><p>(Note: a hoax? Mueller literally indicted another dude<a href="https://www.vox.com/world/2018/2/20/17031766/mueller-indictments-alex-van-der-zwaan-paul-manafort"> this morning.</a>) </p><p>Some pundits pointed out on Twitter than the press secretary telling the independent FBI what they should investigate is borderline <a href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/26/mueller-trump-obstruction-of-justice-russia-216532">obstruction of justice.</a></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“He’s making a point that we would like our FBI agency to not be focused on something that is clearly a hoax,” said <a href="https://twitter.com/SHSanders45?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SHSanders45</a>, trying to defend the indefensible. 1, <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> shouldn’t tell FBI what to investigate. 2, doing so here amounts to obstruction. <a href="https://t.co/25TBgvceeX">https://t.co/25TBgvceeX</a></p>&mdash; Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/966052891583700992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 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">No matter how many times she does it, will never be ok for the WH press secretary to say what the FBI should be investigating. We’re so far beyond propriety. <a href="https://t.co/HXaohmTw0N">https://t.co/HXaohmTw0N</a></p>&mdash; Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewamiller/status/966050693609123840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;We&#39;re so beyond propriety,&quot; indeed.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Sarah Sanders attempt to explain recent Trump tweet embarrassingly bad, possibly illegal.

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White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders held her first White House press briefing since the Florida school shooting that killed 17 people, and the president&#39;s tweet blaming those deaths on the Russia probe.On Saturday, Trump spent the day indoors tweeting rather than golfing, and unleashed this helpful theory to the world.Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign - there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 18, 2018 Survivors of the massacre were appalled by the tweet, and spoke up against it both on Twitter and on TV.17 of my classmates are gone. That’s 17 futures, 17 children, and 17 friends stolen. But you’re right, it always has to be about you. How silly of me to forget. #neveragain https://t.co/i6Hldlo0Aq&mdash; Aly Sheehy Ⓥ (@Aly_Sheehy) February 18, 2018 Oh my god. 17 OF MY CLASSMATES AND FRIENDS ARE GONE AND YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO MAKE THIS ABOUT RUSSIA???!! HAVE A DAMN HEART. You can keep all of your fake and meaningless “thoughts and prayers”. https://t.co/al9DWBM2AW&mdash; Morgan Williams (@morganw_44) February 18, 2018 17 innocent people were brutally murdered at my school, a place where they should have felt safe. Their lives were gone in an instant. You are the President of the United States and you have the audacity to put this on Russia as an excuse. I guess I should expect that from you. https://t.co/phOg97PJoD&mdash; Taylor Yon (@tayloryon_) February 18, 2018 Today, it fell upon Sarah Sanders to explain just WTF Trump was thinking.Alas, the press secretary said that just because the FBI failed to act on a tip about the Parkland shooter because they were busy with the investigation into possible Trump campaign collusion with Russia doesn&#39;t mean that Trump thinks the FBI failed to act on a tip about the Parkland shooter because they were busy with investigation into possible Trump campaign collusion with Russia.Sanders on Trump’s suggestion that the FBI failed to act on a tip regarding Florida school shooter because it was busy with the Russia probe: “He’s making a point that we would like our FBI agency to not be focused on something that is clearly a hoax” https://t.co/8hSs56bfeb&mdash; CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 20, 2018 ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl asked Sanders if the president thinks the thought that he tweeted, which Sanders insisted that he doesn&#39;t.&quot;Did he mistweet?&quot; Karl shot back. &quot;He said this is not acceptable. they&rsquo;re spending too much time to prove Russian collusion.&quot;&quot;I think he&rsquo;s making the point that we would like our FBI agencies to not be focused on something that is clearly a hoax in terms of investigating the Trump campaign and its involvement,&quot; Sanders responded.(Note: a hoax? Mueller literally indicted another dude this morning.) Some pundits pointed out on Twitter than the press secretary telling the independent FBI what they should investigate is borderline obstruction of justice.“He’s making a point that we would like our FBI agency to not be focused on something that is clearly a hoax,” said @SHSanders45, trying to defend the indefensible. 1, @POTUS shouldn’t tell FBI what to investigate. 2, doing so here amounts to obstruction. https://t.co/25TBgvceeX&mdash; Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 20, 2018 No matter how many times she does it, will never be ok for the WH press secretary to say what the FBI should be investigating. We’re so far beyond propriety. https://t.co/HXaohmTw0N&mdash; Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) February 20, 2018 &quot;We&#39;re so beyond propriety,&quot; indeed.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders held her first White House press briefing since the Florida school shooting that killed 17 people, and the president&#39;s tweet blaming those deaths on the Russia probe.  On Saturday,...