At today’s White House press conference, Josh Earnest did not deny a report that a “senior administration official” referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “chickensh*t.”
Earnest didn’t deny somebody inside the administration made the insult, but he did “joke” that it was his job to make it more appetizing:
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include an additional tweet.
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