Tag: Sanders

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is planning to leave the White House at the end of the year, CBS News reported Wednesday, citing sources in the administration. Sanders has reportedly told friends about her plans to depart the Trump administration. Deputy press secretary Raj Shah is also reportedly eyeing a White House exit, but has not yet decided on a departure date. Sanders did not deny the report in a tweet sent roughly an hour after the report was published. "Does @CBSNews know something I don’t about my plans and my future? I was at my daughter’s year-end Kindergarten event and they ran a story about my 'plans to leave the WH' without even talking to me. I love my job and am honored to work for @POTUS," Sanders tweeted. Does @CBSNews know something I don

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is considering another run for the White House in 2020, according to his former campaign manager. Jeff Weaver, Sanders’s senior adviser and 2016 campaign manager, said in an interview Tuesday on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” that a second bid is under consideration. Sanders, he said, is "is considering another run for the presidency.” “When the time comes I think we’ll have an answer to that,” Weaver said. “But right now he’s still considering it." WATCH: Bernie Sanders' campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, says @SenSanders is "considering another run for the presidency" pic.twitter.com/VvGbDqfyTz — Washington Journal (@cspanwj) May 29, 2018 Weaver’s comments come about a week after Sanders announced he would run for a third term in the Senate this yea