No one in the press corps was feeling particularly friendly towards Sarah Huckabee Sanders in her first press conference in weeks. The prize for most heroic, though, goes to Jim Acosta from CNN. He had Sarah Huckabee Sanders pretty rattled by the end of his three questions - all digging deeper and harder at her and her boss' characterization of the press as the "enemy of the people."
ACOSTA: Shouldn't you reserve the term "enemy" for people who are actually the enemy of the United States rather than journalists?
SANDERS: The president is not referencing all media. He is talking about the growing amount of fake news that exists in the country. The president is calling that out.
By that, you mean Fox and Brietbart, right, Sarah?
ACOSTA: May I ask a follow-up, please. Since you mentioned that, the president said this morning, "The fake news media, the true enemy of the people must stop. They have a responsibility to report the news accurately and fairly." Can you state for the record, which outlets that you and the president regard as the enemy of the people?
SANDERS: I'm not going to walk through a list, but I think those individuals probably know who they are.
ACOSTA: Would that include my outlet which received the bomb threats?
SANDERS: I don't think it's specific to a generalization of a full outlet. At times there are individuals that is the president would be referencing.
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