Anderson Cooper on Sarah Huckabee Sanders Leaving for Lying: She Could Still Get a Job in Politics

‘I think she really acted as another employee of the Trump organization’

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COOPER: “Yeah. That’s right, Anderson. I think she really acted as another employee of the Trump organization. And as David and Gloria were just saying a few moments ago, when you work as press secretary, you work on behalf of the American taxpayers. And we should not be in the business — I recently put out a book about this. We should not be in the business of having the United States government referring to journalists or any segment of the population as the enemy of the people. I thought that was a critical moment. Sarah had a moment there where she could have said listen, I think I agree with what Ivanka Trump says. When she said no, I don’t think the press is the enemy of the people. Kellyanne Conway recently told me that she disagrees with that assessment too. But when Sarah had that opportunity to disagree with what is really a repugnant thing to say about the press, I think she fell short of her duty to the American people, and it’s going to be part of her legacy. I think it’s a cautionary tale for people who go to work for this president. Do you get sucked into the vortex? Do you get sucked into the black hole, or are you going to work on behalf of the American people.”

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