Spicer: WH Slow To Act On Yates Warning Because She Was 'Political Opponent' [View all]
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ESME CRIBB Published MAY 9, 2017 2:49 PM
The White House on Tuesday said President Donald Trump’s administration was slow to act in January on warnings about ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn from former acting Attorney General Sally Yates because she was “a political opponent of the President.”
White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Tuesday said Yates “is not exactly someone that was excited about President Trump taking office or his agenda.”
“I think if you flip the scenario and say, what if we just dismissed somebody because a political opponent of the President had made an utterance, you would argue that it was pretty irrational to act in that manner,” Spicer said.
“How is she a political opponent of the President?” the Daily Caller’s Kaitlan Collins asked. “She was the acting attorney general that he kept on.”
“Appointed by the Obama administration and a strong supporter of Clinton,” Spicer replied.
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