CNN fired back on Monday after White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the network blamed her and President Trump for the pipe bomb that was sent to its New York office.
Sanders and CNN correspondent Jim Acosta verbally sparred during a press briefing on Monday after Acosta asked for Sanders to name which media outlets Trump would label the “enemies of the people.”
She declined to name an outlet but said “those individuals probably know who they are,” before turning her attention to CNN.
"I think it’s irresponsible of a news organization like yours to blame responsibility of a pipe bomb that was not sent by the president, not just blame the president but blame members of his administration for those heinous acts," Sanders said.
CNN’s communications department responded to the interaction on Twitter, saying the press secretary hasn’t understood that her words matter.
No @PressSec, CNN did not say @realDonaldTrump was directly responsible for the bomb sent to our office by his ardent and emboldened supporter. We did say that he, and you, should understand your words matter. Every single one of them. But so far, you don’t seem to get that. pic.twitter.com/ZbH5DQggWq— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) October 29, 2018
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