Based on past deflections, you just knew this was coming:
https://twitter.com/conncarroll/status/573890813316354048
https://twitter.com/conncarroll/status/573898701057490944
Earnest said he wouldn't be surprised if Obama first learned of Clinton email controversy in the news this week.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) March 6, 2015
News reports!
Somebody at the White House could have learned about it by actually reading the address the Hillary’s emails were sent from while she was running the State Department. So much for the WH’s attention to detail.
https://twitter.com/rorycooper/status/573900189746003968
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/573891602726412288
Rule of thumb: when you can't tell whether something is a joke, you know the administration is a joke. https://t.co/0quGZG7cps @conncarroll
— Jon Lustig (@jonlustig) March 6, 2015
From TV reports! RT @Acosta: Earnest said he wouldn't be surprised if Obama 1st learned of Clinton email controversy in the news this week.
— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) March 6, 2015
@MonicaCrowley @Acosta most uninformed POTUS ever
— kitty (@mkbl) March 6, 2015
@MonicaCrowley @Acosta Did ESPN cover it?!?
— Thomas Duke (@tcd24035) March 6, 2015
@MonicaCrowley Yes as this is the most "I didn't know administration" ever!
— Scott Chitwood (@Scott_Chitwood) March 6, 2015
@conncarroll And was he aware of the irony?
— Jennine (@jenninejones) March 6, 2015
As Hillary’s husband might say, it depends on what your definition of “news reports” is:
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/573894795833270272
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