Clinton brushes off White House criticism: ‘I don’t pay much attention’

Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that she does not “pay much attention” to Sarah Huckabee Sanders, after the White House press secretary accused the former Democratic presidential nominee of using “false and reckless attacks” in her new memoir on the election. 

“I honestly don’t pay much attention to what she says,” Clinton said on “The View” in an interview about her new book, “What Happened.” 

The day before, Sanders criticized Clinton from the White House press room, saying she should look to herself to understand why she lost the 2016 election. 

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“I think it’s sad that after Hillary Clinton ran one of the most negative campaigns in history, and lost, and the last chapter of her public life is going to be now defined by propping up book sales with false and reckless attacks, and I think that that’s a sad way for her to continue,” Sanders said.

Clinton returned fire, saying the White House press team needs to stop putting important issues “into the alternative reality world of alternate facts.” 

“I think, unfortunately, and I don’t say this with any glee, I’m sad about it, we’re not getting the kind of information from this White House that we should have,” Clinton said, adding the White House has not provided information to the public necessary to have informed debates on key issues. 

In her book, Clinton says figures from former FBI Director James Comey to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) share part of the blame for her loss.