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<p>At Tuesday&#39;s press briefing, between questions about immigration reform, the press couldn&#39;t resist asking Sarah Huckabee Sanders for the White House&#39;s take on the <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/the-boondocks-predict-oprah-2020-return-of-the-king">&quot;Oprah for president!&quot; hoopla. </a></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on the possibility of Oprah Winfrey running for office in 2020: She is a successful individual but I disagree on many of her policies <a href="https://t.co/xXyVrVbYUv">https://t.co/xXyVrVbYUv</a> <a href="https://t.co/chNpwoWbtk">pic.twitter.com/chNpwoWbtk</a></p>&mdash; CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/950825610846396417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;I disagree very much on her policies. Is she a successful individual? Absolutely. But in terms of where she stands on a number of positions, I would find a lot of problems with that,&quot; the press secretary said.</p><p>Wait.</p><p>What policies?</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="concerned oprah winfrey GIF" data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/MsWnkCVSXz73i/giphy.gif" /></div><div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>As far as we know, Oprah hasn&#39;t declared any policy positions or put forth papers on her political views, so Sanders is just <em>assuming </em>she&#39;ll disagree with Oprah because she&#39;s Oprah.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wait. Do we know Oprah&#39;s policies?<br><br>Sarah Sanders on Oprah: &quot;I disagree very much on policies.&quot;</p>&mdash; MJ Lee (@mj_lee) <a href="https://twitter.com/mj_lee/status/950821235776282626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>People are curious what this means.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she “greatly disagrees with Oprah policies” ie women’s rights <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/whitehousebriefing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#whitehousebriefing</a> 🤔</p>&mdash; 7 0 И Y ⚉ (@tony7perfect) <a href="https://twitter.com/tony7perfect/status/950823027985432576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 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">Sarah Huckabee Sanders doesn’t agree with Oprah as far as policy goes on a lot of things... but Oprah hasn’t laid out policies at all? <br><br>Seems like a weird thing to say. By weird I mean racist.</p>&mdash; The Oui’d Man (@MrMeliora) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrMeliora/status/950821591054671872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/BakerMachado/status/950825605343469574</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="suspicious oprah winfrey GIF" data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/38vz5MBF9gF4Q/giphy.gif" /></div><div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sarah Sanders disagrees with Oprah&#39;s &quot;policies&quot; which don&#39;t exist.</p>&mdash; Lloyddabbler VOTED 😷 (@lloyddabbler) <a href="https://twitter.com/lloyddabbler/status/950821242403045376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 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">Excuse, where is the website listing all of <a href="https://twitter.com/Oprah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Oprah</a>&#39;s policies? I&#39;d like to know which policies Sarah Sanders is objecting to. <a href="https://t.co/8vUNgCnyKH">https://t.co/8vUNgCnyKH</a></p>&mdash; Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) <a href="https://twitter.com/Scout_Finch/status/950826720210321408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/brittgreifeld/status/950828397139243009</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Here&#39;s what we know so far about Oprah&#39;s policies:</p><p>Bread is good.</p><oembed>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F1kXHnpEKw</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>It&#39;s been only two days since this Oprah 2020 talk began. We know very little about her platform.</p><p>On the one hand, Sanders could just be saying she disagrees with Oprah<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/oprah-who-is-she-political-beliefs-life-what-done-democrat-donations-stances-president-2020-trump-a8148881.html"> because Oprah campaigned for Obama and Hillary. </a></p><p>But on the other hand, Sanders could be conceding that Oprah&#39;s experience championing causes like literacy, and racial and gender equality are antithetical to Trump.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="oprah winfrey oops GIF by WE tv" src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/3rgXByoNQXLrRoJxEk/giphy.gif" /></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>But there&#39;s one thing everyone can agree on: Bread is great.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="commercial oprah winfrey GIF" src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/3o7ZeFpK0qqSpsWNsA/giphy.gif" /></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>It&#39;s time for Americans to put aside their differences and unite around carbohydrates.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Sarah Sanders says she opposes Oprah's policies. One problem.

At Tuesday&#39;s press briefing, between questions about immigration reform, the press couldn&#39;t resist asking Sarah Huckabee Sanders for the White House&#39;s take on the &quot;Oprah for president!&quot; hoopla. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on the possibility of Oprah Winfrey running for office in 2020: She is a successful individual but I disagree on many of her policies https://t.co/xXyVrVbYUv pic.twitter.com/chNpwoWbtk&mdash; CNN (@CNN) January 9, 2018 &quot;I disagree very much on her policies. Is she a successful individual? Absolutely. But in terms of where she stands on a number of positions, I would find a lot of problems with that,&quot; the press secretary said.Wait.What policies?giphyAs far as we know, Oprah hasn&#39;t declared any policy positions or put forth papers on her political views, so Sanders is just assuming she&#39;ll disagree with Oprah because she&#39;s Oprah.Wait. Do we know Oprah&#39;s policies?Sarah Sanders on Oprah: &quot;I disagree very much on policies.&quot;&mdash; MJ Lee (@mj_lee) January 9, 2018 People are curious what this means.Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she “greatly disagrees with Oprah policies” ie women’s rights #whitehousebriefing 🤔&mdash; 7 0 И Y ⚉ (@tony7perfect) January 9, 2018 Sarah Huckabee Sanders doesn’t agree with Oprah as far as policy goes on a lot of things... but Oprah hasn’t laid out policies at all? Seems like a weird thing to say. By weird I mean racist.&mdash; The Oui’d Man (@MrMeliora) January 9, 2018 https://twitter.com/BakerMachado/status/950825605343469574giphySarah Sanders disagrees with Oprah&#39;s &quot;policies&quot; which don&#39;t exist.&mdash; Lloyddabbler VOTED 😷 (@lloyddabbler) January 9, 2018 Excuse, where is the website listing all of @Oprah&#39;s policies? I&#39;d like to know which policies Sarah Sanders is objecting to. https://t.co/8vUNgCnyKH&mdash; Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) January 9, 2018 https://twitter.com/brittgreifeld/status/950828397139243009Here&#39;s what we know so far about Oprah&#39;s policies:Bread is good.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F1kXHnpEKwIt&#39;s been only two days since this Oprah 2020 talk began. We know very little about her platform.On the one hand, Sanders could just be saying she disagrees with Oprah because Oprah campaigned for Obama and Hillary. But on the other hand, Sanders could be conceding that Oprah&#39;s experience championing causes like literacy, and racial and gender equality are antithetical to Trump.But there&#39;s one thing everyone can agree on: Bread is great.It&#39;s time for Americans to put aside their differences and unite around carbohydrates.

At Tuesday&#39;s press briefing, between questions about immigration reform, the press couldn&#39;t resist asking Sarah Huckabee Sanders for the White House&#39;s take on the &quot;Oprah for president!&quot; hoopla.     &quot;I disagree...