MEDIA/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday [9-6-18] scolded the media for its ‘wild obsession’ with unmasking the anonymous author of The New York Times’ explosive editorial alleging a ‘quiet resistance’ within the Trump administration…A flood of senior administration officials, including Vice President Mike Pence and several cabinet secretaries, have denied penning the Times’ op-ed since it torpedoed through Washington on Wednesday afternoon. The op-ed claims that several senior officials inside Trump’s administration have banded together ‘to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations’ and ‘to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump’s more misguided impulses.’ Sanders on Thursday seemingly attempted to ramp up pressure on the Times to reveal the author of the op-ed, encouraging reporters to contact the paper with their inquiries regarding the mystery writer.”
–Quint Forgey, “Sanders knocks media for ‘obsession’ with unmasking Trump resistance writer,” Politico, September 6, 2018 12:52 pm