Sarah Sanders Issues a Warning to CNN Big Shot

The White House’s top spokesperson had a warning for a CNN reporter on Tuesday: Ask President Trump a question at an event you’re about to attend, and you may not be allowed into similar events.

The strange moment came before a presidential bill signing ceremony in the morning. Events like that often include what’s known as a “pool spray,” a brief opportunity for a small group of reporters and photographers to take photos and, when possible, ask questions. The White House “pool” is comprised of a few members of the press corps who are assigned on a rotating basis to cover presidential events and file reports to be used by other media outlets when it would be impractical for the entire press corps to attend those events. When journalists are on pool duty, they are working not just on behalf of themselves and their employers but for all the journalists and outlets that receive pool reports.

On Tuesday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders gave CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta, who had drawn pool duty, an unusual warning.

Pose a question to Trump at the pool spray after the bill signing, Sanders told Acosta, and “I can’t promise you will be allowed into a pool spray again.”


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