Former President Bill Clinton recently had some kind words about how White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders conducted herself after being asked to leave a Virginia restaurant.
Former President Bill Clinton recently had some kind words about how White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders conducted herself after being asked to leave a Virginia restaurant. In a Tuesday appearance on Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,' Clinton said he supported the discreet way the restaurant owner handled the situation then added, "I also had a lot of respect for the way Sarah Huckabee Sanders handled it. She was very dignified. She didn't chew them out...She just got up and left and offered to pay." Clinton went on to note: "Maybe what I'd like to see is that this be the beginning of something where it would be better if we started talking to each other again. Sooner or later, people need to quit tearing each other down and go to work. But I think you can't foment as much hatred as has been fomented by the administration without having a blowback. So if they want to have more civility, they need to stop the name-calling and take the lead."
The incident happened on Friday. The following day, Sanders said in a tweet: "Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so."
And on Monday, President Trump weighed in, calling the restaurant, "dirty."
"The Red Hen Restaurant should focus more on cleaning its filthy canopies, doors and windows (badly needs a paint job) rather than refusing to serve a fine person like Sarah Huckabee Sanders," Trump wrote on Twitter. "I always had a rule, if a restaurant is dirty on the outside, it is dirty on the inside!"
