Sarah Sanders Breaks Down In Tears After Boy In Briefing Asks Her Unexpected Question
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Sarah Sanders was responding to the press pool on Wednesday just as she normally does. But when 13 year-old Benje Choucroun asked Sanders about school shootings, she shifted her attention and the mother part of Sarah was in view. She has three young children of her own. When White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders took a question from a very young aspiring reporter at a White House press briefing, she got visibly choked up. This little boy’s question got to her more than any mainstream media mogul could and she choked up over what he said.
“At my school, we recently had a lockdown drill. One thing that affects my and other students’ mental health is the worry about we or our friends could get shot at school. Specifically, could you tell me what the administration has done or will do to prevent these senseless tragedies?” the Time for Kids reporter asked. “As a kid, and certainly as a parent, there is nothing that could be more terrifying for a kid to go to school and not feel safe, so I’m sorry that you feel that way,” responded Sanders, whose voice seemed to crack a bit as she replied.
“This administration takes it seriously and the school safety commission that the President convened is meeting again this week,” Sanders continued, “an official meeting to discuss the best ways forward and how we can do every single thing within our power to protect kids in our schools and to make them feel safe and their parents feel good about dropping them off.” President Trump will travel to Texas today to meet with the families of the victims of the s******g at Santa Fe High School earlier this month where 10 people were k****d.
The boy attends Marin Country School in Corte Madera, California (the San Francisco Bay area) and he was representing Time for Kids at the White House Sports and Fitness Day, according to NBC’s KNTV. Benje Choucroun also spoke out against g*n violence during the March For Our Lives rally in San Francisco in March. At that time he marched with his mother along with hundreds of others, calling for stricter g*n control laws. In an interview with NBC Bay Area, Choucroun – who has his own YouTube channel – said that he was marching in support of g*n control. So, the left has already gotten to the boy, but perhaps as he sees facts, he will come around.
“I’m here because I’m really concerned about the lax g*n laws that the NRA are pushing Republicans to make,” he said at the end of the rally. “I want to protect the students in our schools so that they don’t get k****d like those in Parkland and other school shootings.” Honey, you are doing it wrong.
The video of their exchange has been shared multiple times on social media and many are calling Choucroun a hero for asking the question. “Benje for president!” one Twitter user said. Their desperation is just getting silly.
The Washington Examiner reported that the Trump administration created the Federal Commission on School Safety in the aftermath of the Feb. 14 high school s******g in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 people d**d. “The group was tasked with focusing on age restrictions for firearm purchases, the consumption of violent entertainment, and devising ways to use federal resources to prevent school shootings, among other topics,” the Examiner reported. President Trump also signed the STOP School Violence Act into law in March. It is aimed at strengthening school security through grant money for training and the acquisition of other resources such as metal detectors and fencing. Parkland school s******g survivor Kyle Kashuv supports the legislation.
After the emotional exchange, the press briefing went back to business as usual as Sanders fielded a question about Disney CEO Bob Iger and any conversations that occurred about ABC canceling “Roseanne.” And Sanders’ response was epic:
“The President is pointing to the hypocrisy in the media, saying that the most horrible things about this President and nobody addresses it. Where was [Walt Disney Company CEO] Bob Iger‘s apology to the White House staff for Jemele Hill calling the President and anyone associated with him a white supremacist? To Christians around the world for Joy Behar calling Christianity a mental illness? Where was the apology for Kathy Griffin going on a profane rant against the President on The View after a photo showed her holding President Trump’s decapitated head? And where was the apology from Bob Iger for ESPN hiring Keith Olbermann after his numerous expletive-laced tweets attacking the President as a Nazi and even expanding his role after that attack against the President’s family?”
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