During a Saturday episode of CNN’s “First of All,” Andrea Lawfull Sanders, host of WURD’s “The Source,” who recently interviewed President Joe Biden on the show, said the questions she asked the president were four she approved from a list of questions sent to her by the White House.
While speaking with Lawful Sanders and Civic Media’s Earl Ingram, who also interviewed Biden, host Victor Blackwell asked, “Andrea, I want to ask you about your interview here. I listened to both interviews and there’s one thing in common. You each asked four questions. Maybe they were questions that were authorized by the campaign or the White House. But in both interviews, they were essentially the same questions, about performance, how you’re progressing in your respective states, the issues in the election, how you feel about your performance in the debates, what you would say to voters who don’t think their vote matters or who might not participate in this election. Were those questions given to you by the White House or did you have to submit them to us by you or the campaign or prior to this interview?”
Lawful Sanders responded, “The question was sent to me for approval, and I approved it.”
Blackwell continued: “So did the White House send you questions in advance of the interview?”
Lawful Sanders responded, “Yes, I was asked a few questions. Eight. The four that were selected were the ones I approved.”
Blackwell then said, “Okay, my reason for asking the question is not to criticize either of you, but if the White House is trying to demonstrate the president’s vitality, energy and acumen right now, I don’t see how they’re doing that by sending the questions ahead of the interview so the president knows what’s going to happen.”
Blackwell then asked Lawful Sanders another question, but did not ask whether the White House had submitted questions to Ingraham.
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