Sarah Huckabee Sanders backtracked Friday afternoon, refusing to comment on the White House staffer, Kelly Sadler, who reportedly “joked” at a staff meeting that Senator John McCain is “dying anyway.” McCain, seen by many Americans as a war hero, is battling an aggressive form of brain cancer. Many saw her remarks as mocking McCain.
“I’m not going to comment on an internal staff meeting,” Huckabee Sanders told reporters. “I’m not going to validate a leak one way or the other out of an internal staff meeting.”
But the White House has already issued a statement on Sadler’s remarks, so it’s unclear why the press secretary would now refuse to comment when she already did.
Huckabee Sanders said that the White House respects “all Americans,” but refused to apologize.
After refusing to answer if Sadler still works at the White House, Huckabee Sanders finally admitted that she still does.