Woordvoerder Sarah Huckabee Sanders heeft wel vaker de persconferentie van het Witte Huis gedaan. Maar deze keer werd het ongemakkelijk toen verslaggever April Ryan vroeg waar perschef Sean Spicer was. Hieronder het transcript van de video in het Engels:
RYAN: Last question, where is Sean? Where is Sean?
SANDERS: He’s here today.
RYAN: Why didn’t he come out?
SANDERS: This is part of my job as well. Did you guys ever ask any of the other deputy press secretaries …
REPORTER: Yes, we asked them all.
RYAN: Is he in a new position now or …
SANDERS: I mean, he is taking on a little bit of extra duty at this point so I think it’s fairly …
RYAN: Has this position changed that?
SANDERS: It’s probably upgraded at this point given that we don’t have a communications director.
RYAN: Are you the new press secretary here?
SANDERS: I did not say that. I’m just filling in for today, April. There are a lot of demands on his schedule, particularly given the fact that there’s not a communications director. And this is part of my job as well and when I’m needed I’ll step in.