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The excerpt directly quotes Sarah Huckabee Sanders saying it is hard to argue against a free press while standing in the Oval Office asking the president questions. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Transcript: Oval Office press availability, September 18, 2026 · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:eb510f3be9f2e13bc33f6aace12856aff768d0c98ef975522b65a9e8fd52b448

GOVERNOR SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS (R-AR): Sure. I think it's hard for you to argue against a free press when you're literally standing in the Oval Office asking questions of the President of the United States. […] I think the President is right to support the First Amendment, but he's also right to ask that you be honest and fair. That's not an unreasonable thing.