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senseandsensibility

(25,251 posts) Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:50 PM 14 hrs ago

"I do not accept that answer." Madeleine Dean shows WH Press corps how to handle maga

At today's hearing for Howard Lutnick, this exchange occurred when Dean was questioning him:
Dean: Why did you lie to the New York Post about your relationship with Epstein?
Lutnick: The House Oversight Committee and I agreed--
Dean: Reclaiming my time. I do not accept that answe. We are our own committee. You're dodging the question. The coverup continues."

Can you imagine trump facing a press corps with this kind of guts? He'd be a blubbering pool of tears in thirty seconds.

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"I do not accept that answer." Madeleine Dean shows WH Press corps how to handle maga (Original Post) senseandsensibility 14 hrs ago OP

What was said after that? Did he answer? Srkdqltr 13 hrs ago #1

I don't think so. senseandsensibility 13 hrs ago #2

According to the Raw Story I read this morning..... BeneteauBum 12 hrs ago #5

The reason it doesn't happen 303squadron 13 hrs ago #3

Love Tiedrich senseandsensibility 13 hrs ago #4

want to see trump answer the British press for 30 minutes....savage msongs 12 hrs ago #6

He'd call off the presser and stalk away in a huff. wnylib 11 hrs ago #7

Srkdqltr

(9,847 posts)

1. What was said after that? Did he answer?

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:28 PM

13 hrs ago

senseandsensibility

(25,251 posts)

2. I don't think so.

Reply to Srkdqltr (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:31 PM

13 hrs ago

I am following this on Aaron Rupar's bluesky. He reported that Lutnick just didn't answer one of the questions today at all. But it wasn't this one.

BeneteauBum

(628 posts)

5. According to the Raw Story I read this morning.....

Reply to Srkdqltr (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:36 PM

12 hrs ago

He continued to deflect and never answered.

Peace ☮️

303squadron

(842 posts)

3. The reason it doesn't happen

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:41 PM

13 hrs ago

Access. A White House reporter has to have access or they can’t do their job. Yes, as the courts have ruled, AP cannot be barred from the press room. But they can be ignored when it comes to asking questions or being allowed to talk to White House officials.

A congressional representative at a hearing is a whole different story.

And that’s why no one has taken up this challenge:
“The first reporter to stand up and ask, “What the fuck is wrong with you?” should receive a lifetime Pulitzer.” ~ Jeff Tiedrich