White House: McCabe Is An ‘Embarrassment,’ ‘Has No Credibility’

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 23: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks to reporters following a television interview with FOX News outside the White House January 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. After the ... WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 23: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks to reporters following a television interview with FOX News outside the White House January 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. After the Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association said the partial federal government shutdown -- now in it's 33rd day -- is making it difficult for them to do their jobs, Sanders said President Trump is working to make the country safe by demanding a wall to keep out drugs and reduce human trafficking. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders criticized former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe by using the same talking points as President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

In a statement released Thursday she called McCabe a “disgrace” and an “embarrassment” with “no credibility,” according to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

Both Pence and Trump attacked McCabe’s character after a clip of his interview with “60 Minutes” aired Thursday, in which McCabe confirmed there were discussions within the Justice Department early on in Trump’s tenure about invoking the 25th Amendment to get rid of him.

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  1. Avatar for sandyh sandyh says:

    Does she have any idea of how stupid she looks when she says stuff like this? She is going to be the laughingstock of every history book documenting this administration someday and embarrass her offspring for generations.

  2. Yes, remembering how the WH has been so very supportive of the men and women of FBI in the past

  3. “Can you explain your statement Ms. Press Secretary? Bear in mind, I’ve looked at this as well.”

    Says Clark Kent, White House Correspondent of the Daily Planet

  4. Sarah, are you looking in a mirror? Because you’re the one with no credibility and, I hate to be the one to break it to you, sweetie, but you’re a huge embarrassment.

  5. Says the embarrassment with no credibility…

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