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<p>On the day <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/fbi-deputy-director-andrew-mccabe-stepping-down-n842176" target="_blank">reported Trump nemesis</a> and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe announced his resignation, Sarah Sanders went to the White House press briefing with an intro about the administration&#39;s priorities for immigration reform. The first question was, nonetheless, about McCabe.</p><p>So right off the bat, <em>shocking</em>.</p><p>The second question was also about McCabe. And the third. And the... you get it.</p><p>We&#39;re off to the races!</p><p><strong>1. Sarah Sanders played the hypewoman, saying the State of the Union will be &#39;must watch TV.&#39;</strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sarah Sanders kicks off the briefing by saying the State of the Union is &quot;must watch TV.&quot; Interesting way to cast the first state of the union by the first reality TV president.</p>&mdash; Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) <a href="https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/958050405409312769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;The theme of the address is building a safe, strong, and proud America, which is exactly what the president has worked to do in his first year in office,&quot; said Sanders as she ended her not-McCabe introduction.</p><p>&quot;I don&#39;t want to get ahead of what the president will say during his remarks,&quot; she added, smirking now, &quot;but it will obviously be &#39;must watch&#39; TV.&quot;</p><p>Was she quoting Newt Gingrich? These two should hang out.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/jackiecushman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jackiecushman</a> on this Tuesday&#39;s must-watch TV: <a href="https://t.co/GzHkYtx9bX">https://t.co/GzHkYtx9bX</a></p>&mdash; Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) <a href="https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/957032523955146752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p><strong>2. She diagnosed everyone with a severe case of &quot;Russia fever.&quot;</strong></p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">White House press secretary Sarah Sanders denies POTUS has been putting pressure on DOJ or FBI officials: &quot;The White House has been fully cooperative and will continue to be fully cooperative&quot; with the special counsel investigation <a href="https://t.co/JumG5cxeCD">https://t.co/JumG5cxeCD</a> <a href="https://t.co/mYWbsRRpg0">pic.twitter.com/mYWbsRRpg0</a></p>&mdash; CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNnewsroom/status/958055062152105984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Pushed on the notion that the White House may have put pressure on the FBI or DOJ, Sanders explained, &quot;The only thing that the president has applied pressure to is to make sure we get this resolved so that you guys and everyone else can focus on the things that Americans actually care about.&quot; Got it?</p><p>&quot;And that is making sure that everybody gets <strong>the Russia fever </strong>out of their system once and for all.&quot;</p><p>Don&#39;t worry, you probably already got the vaccination (although they had trouble identifying whether this year&#39;s strain was collusion or incompetence).</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><strong>3. While the president had nothing to do with McCabe stepping down, Sanders did say that the &quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/958052621817917447" target="_blank">president stands by his previous comments</a>&quot; on McCabe.</strong></p><p>Such as perhaps this one...</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin’ James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife’s campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/944665687292817415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p><strong>4. She said that &quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/958052582873812993" target="_blank">no one cares about this issue</a>&quot; in regards to the Russia investigation that everyone realllly cares about. </strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;No one cares about this issue,&quot; adds <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Russia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Russia</a> investigation.</p>&mdash; Steve Herman (@W7VOA) <a href="https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/958052582873812993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Sorry, that&#39;s the fever talking.</p><p><strong>5. Sanders was asked a serious question about the president&#39;s beef with Jay Z.</strong></p><p>One of the most respected White House reporters, <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/so-that-happened/lynne-patton-april-d-ryan-twitter-fat-shame-tweet">April Ryan</a>, asked about black unemployment and whether Trump was aware that the black unemployment rate is more than two times that of the white unemployment rate.</p><p>&quot;We&#39;re trying to fix unemployment for all Americans,&quot; answered Sanders. In case you missed it, the president does indeed have an <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/trump-jay-z-twitter-superbug">established, recent beef</a> with Jay Z.</p><p>&quot;Then why did he take issue with Jay Z then, when he was just talking in terms of black America? He took issue, &#39;has he seen my&#39; &mdash; and he screamed with all caps &mdash; &#39;has he seen my black unemployment numbers?&#39;&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/957603800579297280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;Because they&#39;re better than they have been,&quot; responded Sanders.</p><p>And it was truly hard to say if she would rather be talking about Andrew McCabe again.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

The 5 most bonkers moments from today's White House press briefing.

On the day reported Trump nemesis and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe announced his resignation, Sarah Sanders went to the White House press briefing with an intro about the administration&#39;s priorities for immigration reform. The first question was, nonetheless, about McCabe.So right off the bat, shocking.The second question was also about McCabe. And the third. And the... you get it.We&#39;re off to the races!1. Sarah Sanders played the hypewoman, saying the State of the Union will be &#39;must watch TV.&#39;Sarah Sanders kicks off the briefing by saying the State of the Union is &quot;must watch TV.&quot; Interesting way to cast the first state of the union by the first reality TV president.&mdash; Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 29, 2018 &quot;The theme of the address is building a safe, strong, and proud America, which is exactly what the president has worked to do in his first year in office,&quot; said Sanders as she ended her not-McCabe introduction.&quot;I don&#39;t want to get ahead of what the president will say during his remarks,&quot; she added, smirking now, &quot;but it will obviously be &#39;must watch&#39; TV.&quot;Was she quoting Newt Gingrich? These two should hang out..@jackiecushman on this Tuesday&#39;s must-watch TV: https://t.co/GzHkYtx9bX&mdash; Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) January 26, 2018 2. She diagnosed everyone with a severe case of &quot;Russia fever.&quot;White House press secretary Sarah Sanders denies POTUS has been putting pressure on DOJ or FBI officials: &quot;The White House has been fully cooperative and will continue to be fully cooperative&quot; with the special counsel investigation https://t.co/JumG5cxeCD pic.twitter.com/mYWbsRRpg0&mdash; CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) January 29, 2018 Pushed on the notion that the White House may have put pressure on the FBI or DOJ, Sanders explained, &quot;The only thing that the president has applied pressure to is to make sure we get this resolved so that you guys and everyone else can focus on the things that Americans actually care about.&quot; Got it?&quot;And that is making sure that everybody gets the Russia fever out of their system once and for all.&quot;Don&#39;t worry, you probably already got the vaccination (although they had trouble identifying whether this year&#39;s strain was collusion or incompetence).3. While the president had nothing to do with McCabe stepping down, Sanders did say that the &quot;president stands by his previous comments&quot; on McCabe.Such as perhaps this one...How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin’ James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife’s campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2017 4. She said that &quot;no one cares about this issue&quot; in regards to the Russia investigation that everyone realllly cares about. &quot;No one cares about this issue,&quot; adds @PressSec about #Russia investigation.&mdash; Steve Herman (@W7VOA) January 29, 2018 Sorry, that&#39;s the fever talking.5. Sanders was asked a serious question about the president&#39;s beef with Jay Z.One of the most respected White House reporters, April Ryan, asked about black unemployment and whether Trump was aware that the black unemployment rate is more than two times that of the white unemployment rate.&quot;We&#39;re trying to fix unemployment for all Americans,&quot; answered Sanders. In case you missed it, the president does indeed have an established, recent beef with Jay Z.&quot;Then why did he take issue with Jay Z then, when he was just talking in terms of black America? He took issue, &#39;has he seen my&#39; &mdash; and he screamed with all caps &mdash; &#39;has he seen my black unemployment numbers?&#39;&quot;Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2018 &quot;Because they&#39;re better than they have been,&quot; responded Sanders.And it was truly hard to say if she would rather be talking about Andrew McCabe again.

On the day reported Trump nemesis and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe announced his resignation, Sarah Sanders started with immigration. It didn't last.