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MSNBC host Hallie Jackson accused the White House of playing "the woman card" Monday in its bid to get Gina Haspel confirmed as CIA Director.
Haspel, who was nominated to replace Mike Pompeo at the agency after his nomination for secretary of state, would be the first female leader of the clandestine services in U.S. history. However, her nomination met immediate opposition from Democrats concerned about her role in the post-9/11 enhanced interrogation programs of the George W. Bush administration.
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted support for Haspel, saying any Democrat who claims to support female empowerment and opposes her nomination "is a total hypocrite."