CNN commentator Brian Stelter said Thursday that White House press secretary Sarah Sanders had a point about the unreliability of an anecdote from an explosive new book about Donald Trump not knowing who John Boehner is.
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Stelter, appearing on, “CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin,” said, “There are definitely reasons to be skeptical. And I think Sarah Sanders has a point has a point about the John Boehner reference in the book, the idea that Trump said ‘Who’s that?’ when Roger Ailes or someone brought up John Boehner.”
He continued, “That does seem strange, that doesn’t seem reliable. But there are many on the record quotes that have not been denied or disputed in this book. This book paints a consistent portrait, that many other reporters have been painting for months, about the president’s incompetence and instability.” (RELATED: Brian Stelter: Fox Does A ‘Disservice’ To Viewers By Giving Accurate Information)
CNN host Brooke Baldwin also said, “How can we get past the fact here is Sarah Sanders from the White House podium lecturing people on the truth when it is stretched all the time inside the White House and from the president himself?”