and white house press secretary. when sarah huckabee sanders says we don't get to dictate how other countries run their elections, we do get to express our outrage when dictators run sham elections. this is on donald trump, it's also on john kelly, his chief of staff who is failing to tell him hard truth. >> they were asked about this response we got from john mccain in response to what the president said earlier today and john mccain's response was this. an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. that was the first part of his statement. sarah was asked for rooks on john mccain. a.b., i had nothing note worthy written down. i'm not sure they took on john mccain again there. bottom line, the president not willing to go there.