{"id":40393,"date":"2019-12-20T17:29:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T17:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40393"},"modified":"2019-12-20T17:29:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T17:29:08","slug":"biden-to-ex-wh-flack-its-called-empathy-look-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40393","title":{"rendered":"Biden to ex-WH flack: &#8216;It&#8217;s called empathy. Look it up.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23SarahHuckabeeSanders%20%23JoeBiden%20%23Bidenstuttering&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BBYbmoT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40394\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BBYbmoT-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BBYbmoT-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BBYbmoT-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BBYbmoT.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Huckabee Sanders has shown that she learned some cheap-shot skills while working for Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n<p>During a 2020 Democratic presidential joint appearance this week with six other candidates for the party nomination, former Vice President Joe Biden talked about how he overcame a severe stuttering problem.<\/p>\n<p>He told of how he visits with children with similar issues, saying that a children might tell him &#8220;I-I-I-I can&#8217;t talk. What do I do?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders, the former White House press secretary, decided to tweet out a snarky message, saying via Twitter: &#8220;I I I I\u00a0 I have absolutely no idea what Joe Biden is talking about.&#8221; Biden responded by saying that he was seeking to employ some &#8220;empathy,&#8221; and urged Sanders to &#8220;look it up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The smart-alecky response from Sanders drew the expected rebuke on social media. To her credit, she did apologize, saying she didn&#8217;t know about the former VP&#8217;s stuttering history and that she should have &#8220;made my point more respectfully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed. But the problem with social media and with Twitter serving as a platform to deliver these messages instantaneously, the damage gets done and often is difficult to repair.<\/p>\n<p>Take better care, Sarah Sanders, when you decide to take shots at political foes. They tend to cheapen themselves rapidly.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23SarahHuckabeeSanders%20%23JoeBiden%20%23Bidenstuttering&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Huckabee Sanders has shown that she learned some cheap-shot skills while working for Donald J. Trump. 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