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Relevance. >> sarah huckabee sanders is trying to build back a credibility gap that she undermined yesterday. we know the statement don junior put out was fundamentally false. we also know the spin around it and the fact that the president apparently dictated it was contradicted by jay sekulow, the president's lawyer, on cnn and other outlets. there's no place to go. instead, they're trying to call anyone who is asking questions a russia phobe. >> chris cillizza, here are the repercussions according to senator lindsey graham why this matters. >> one, he put his son in jeopardy. now we have to ...

As well. but it was a bit of a surprise. >> what about the fact that you have the president's lawyer going out there and telling people he did not play any role at all in the drafting of the statement, and now we're told that he did, and then also just the issue of the fact that the statement was misleading? they said it was about adoptions, and as we know, what lindsey graham just said, the purpose was to get dirt on hillary clinton. does this meeting have a credibility rap? >> i would agree with lindsey in that regard. it's tough to tell people not to look elsewhere if they don't believe tha...

Before he joined the trump team, sean spicer had a very respected reputation in washington, d.c., good relations with people, good relations with reporters. and i'm not sure that he leaves the position he has with that reputation or with those relations. >> look, he's presided over a huge credibility gap that this white house has. between the press and that podium. and as a result, a large part of the american public, i think. and sean, in his previous incarnation, was somebody that we have all covered and we didn't feel that way. but from his first day on the job when he had to come out and h...

There to channel donald trump in every way, shape, and form. because when that happens, then the credibility gap kind of, you know, can really increase, and i think there are lots of journalists who cover the white house every day, i'm not one of them, but there are lots of jumperis journalists who cover the white house every day who want a more responsive white house to their questions, and they want to be able to believe what is coming from that podium, and there have been many times that they don't. and i think that is something that needs to get resolved. >> that echos up on capitol hill a...

Journal" made this point several months ago in an editorial, which was, if the president of the united states tweeted that a missile had gone off in north korea and landed somewhere in the pacific ocean, would you believe it? would you, as the american people, believe it? there's room to doubt and the reason there's room to doubt is because nothing that this administration says can be trusted going back to the tweet that you mentioned at the top of this segment, which is casting doubt on a story that once again was confirmed by the son of the president of the united states. it's a joke. and by...