Watch Sarah Sanders Stand Up To CNN's Jim Acosta Demanding She Answer Him

"The president has made his position known. ... It's ironic, Jim, that not only you and the media attack the president for his rhetoric when they lower the level of the conversation in the country. Repeatedly, repeatedly, the media resorts to the personal attacks without any content other than to incite anger. The media has attacked me personally on a number of occasions, including your own network. Said I should be harassed as a life sentence, that I should be choked. ICE officials are not welcome in place of worship and personal information shared on the Internet.

"When I was hosted by the Correspondents' Association, of which almost all of you are members, you brought a comedian up to attack my appearance, and call me a traitor to my own gender. As far as I know, I'm the first press secretary in the history of the United States that required secret service protection. The media continues to ratchet up the verbal assault against the president and everyone in this administration and certainly we have a role to play. But the media has a role to play for the discourse in this country as well."