HBO host Bill Maher likened White House press secretary Sarah Sanders to “Baghdad Bob” as she works to maintain her credibility among members of the press amid several controversies impacting the Trump administration.
“We know this is the lyingest administration ever,” Maher said Friday on “Real Time with Bill Maher.” “What is the point of going into this room every day and having this Baghdad Bob person just tell you this bullshit that you know is bullshit and she knows is bullshit? They should walk out en masse and make a statement.”
Former Iraqi politician Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf was mockingly dubbed “Baghdad Bob” during the 2003 invasion of Iraq for his factually inaccurate press briefings during the war.
Maher said he’s heard from members of the media that “they’re just fed up with Sarah Huckabee Sanders at this point.”
Sanders faced questioning from the media in recent press briefings about inconsistent statements from her, President Trump and Trump’s new lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, about Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s payments to porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair.
