White House: ‘The Russian Witch Hunt Hoax’ … ‘Is Doing Very Well’

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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders insisted on Friday that despite the “Russian Witch Hunt Hoax” doing “very well,” President Trump canceled his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.

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“The Russian Witch Hunt Hoax, which is hopefully now nearing an end, is doing very well. Unfortunately, it probably does undermine our relationship with Russia. However, the reason for our canceled meeting is Ukraine. Hopefully, that will be resolved soon so that productive conversations can begin.” Sarah Sanders

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  1. Deer Donnie…

  2. “The Russian Witch Hunt Hoax,

    The very idea that someone could be more despicable than Ari Fleischer is boggling. But there it is.

  3. So is Sarah saying that Russian witches are being hunted, or is that simply a hoax? … Or are Russian witches the hoax? Or is Sarah coming out as a Russian witch?

  4. Homegrown type, and as familiar as a species of bird—the bigoted scold who tells the Puritan elders she saw Goody Mueller dancing with the devils at midnight.

  5. If anything, the way that is phrased would be that it’s a Russian Hoax, sponsored by witches.

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