The Washington Post instructs us to 'Let the Trump team eat in peace,' but people are not having it

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The Washington Post has jumped to the defense of Sarah Sanders a day after the press secretary was refused service at a restaurant.

The piece, titled "Let the Trump team eat in peace," was written by the paper's editorial board. In it they argue that Sanders, Kirstjen Nielsen, and Stephen Miller — all public faces of the administrations widely condemned immigration policy — should be left alone and "allowed to eat dinner in peace." It's an odd stance for this moment in history, and naturally it has a lot of people really riled up. 

While the Post's board acknowledges that readers "will get no argument from us regarding Mr. Trump’s border policy," they do argue against what they see as the incivility of interrupting someone's meal. Read more...

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