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Headline Roundup June 14th, 2019

Press Secretary Sarah Sanders to Depart White House

Summary from the AllSides News Team

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders will depart her post later this month, according to President Donald Trump. In the wake of the announcement, media outlets and pundits were divided over her two-year performance. Some celebrated her tenure as successful and accused the media of treating her unfairly. Others criticized her for ceasing briefings and lying to the press; the latter of was confirmed in special counsel Robert Mueller's report, which said Sanders admitted to lying about the circumstances surrounding former FBI Director James Comey's firing.

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Good riddance, Sarah Sanders: Washington's worst communicator
Good riddance, Sarah Sanders: Washington's worst communicator

The Guardian

Opinion

What on earth was the point of Sarah Sanders?

For 94 days, the outgoing White House press secretary gave no press briefing in the press room just a few steps from the press office that she nominally ran.

But the press did not stop pressing.

For more than three years, Sanders made no meaningful news on behalf of a boss who considers it his presidential priority to make as much meaningless news as possible.

Yet the news did not stop breaking.

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Sarah Sanders: White House press secretary resigns
Sarah Sanders: White House press secretary resigns

BBC News

News

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is leaving her post, President Donald Trump has announced.

He said his spokeswoman would return to her home state of Arkansas at the end of June, praising her as a "warrior".

Mrs Sanders, who is the latest senior White House aide to exit, said her role had been "the honour of a lifetime".

Her credibility was questioned during a combative tenure that saw press briefings all but relegated to a thing of the past.

She started out as deputy press secretary before replacing Sean...

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Four very different replacements for Sarah Huckabee Sanders
News

In an unexpected tweet on Thursday afternoon, President Trump announced that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving her post at the end of June. Who should replace her?

Well, here are four Trump supporters who would bring very different styles to the Brady Room's podium.

First off, in the MAGA devotee category: Sebastian Gorka. With a penchant for rather hyperbolic support of the president, and rather hyperbolic disdain for Trump's opponents, Gorka would obviously bring a smile to the president's face. It is far less certain...

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