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Appropriate comment. what we're trying to do around here is improve the tone and the civility and the debate, and this obviously doesn't help do that. >> and yet the white house standing firmly behind president trump's comments. >> i think that the president has been attacked mercilessly on personal accounts by members on that program, and i think he has been very clear that when he gets attacked, i think the american people elected somebody who is tough, who is smart, and who is a fighter, and that's donald trump. i don't think that it's a surprise to anybody that he fights fire with fire. he...

Who's smart, and who's a fighter. that's donald trump. i don't think it's a surprise to anybody that he fights fire with fire. >> now sarah huckabee sanders made other statements during that briefing, don. but one of the more remarkable statements is when she said the president has not encouraged violence at any time. that is not the case as you and i both know. the president on more than one occasion did encourage violence. he talked about how he could shoot somebody on fifth avenue and get away with it. i was at rally in nevada in 2016 where he said he wanted to punch a protester in the face...

Face-lift. i said no. mika hit back with a hit about the president's hands. the president said he has no regrets. >> i don't think it's a surprise to anybody that he fights fire with fire. >> reporter: sarah huckabee sanders defended the tweets. as a justified response to attacks from the media. >> it's kind of like we're living in the daylight zone. they do this day after day after day and then the president responds and defends himself and everybody is appalled and blown away and i think that the president has been attacked mercilessly on personal accounts by members on that program and i th...

She was bleeding badly from a facelift. i said no. it drew combinations of all ends including from republican lawmakers, been sasse tweeting, please just stop. it is beneath the dignity of your office. and stop it. the presidential platform should be used for more than just bringing people down. >> this morning's tweet? i saw it a little while ago. i don't see that as an appropriate comment. what we're trying to do is improve the tone and civility. debate and this obviously doesn't help doing that. >> the one person defending was sarah huckabee sanders, arguing that this behavior was perfectly...

For behavior, why don't you keep doing it? and the problem with this is that it's a massive smoke bomb. right now all the media networks have been covering this for the last, like, what, 24 hours? so it's like i'm going to through this over there because then we're not talking about policy because frankly i don't think he can talk about policy in any sort of intelligent way. >> the argument that the white house makes or melania herself makes, she came out, we showed it earlier, against cyber bullying during a campaign, and she has said, guess what, if my husband is attacked he's going the hit ...