--- title: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Chokes Up as Kid Asks About Shootings description: Sarah Huckabee Sanders faced her toughest question of the day at the White House from a 13-year-old reporter for TIME for Kids. canonical: https://time.com/5296018/kid-reporter-sarah-sanders-school-shooting/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-30T20:20:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:53:23.822Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Sarah Huckabee Sanders Choke Up After a Kid Asks Her About School Shootings og:description: "Can you tell me what the Administration has done and will do to prevent these senseless tragedies?" og:url: https://time.com/5296018/kid-reporter-sarah-sanders-school-shooting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6dc209a040f3425e/698931da97cdff3e6d6b560c/gettyimages-961479268.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers questions during the daily White House press briefing May 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Sarah Huckabee Sanders Choke Up After a Kid Asks Her About School Shootings twitter:description: "Can you tell me what the Administration has done and will do to prevent these senseless tragedies?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6dc209a040f3425e/698931da97cdff3e6d6b560c/gettyimages-961479268.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Sarah Huckabee Sanders Choke Up After a Kid Asks Her About School Shootings > Sponsored content. 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Benje Choucroun talks about his first press briefing where he asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders a question._  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson May 30, 2018 8:20 PM UTC  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers questions during the daily White House press briefing May 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers questions during the daily White House press briefing May 22, 2018 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson May 30, 2018 8:20 PM UTC Sarah Huckabee Sanders faced her toughest question of the day at the White House from the youngest journalist in the room: a 13-year-old reporter for TIME for Kids. “One thing that affects my and other students’ mental health is the worry about the fact that we or our friends could get shot at school,” said Benje Choucroun, who was at the White House for a sports and fitness event later in the afternoon. “Specifically, can you tell me what the Administration has done and will do to prevent these senseless tragedies?” Sanders became visibly emotional when she responded to the young questioner. “I think that as a kid and certainly as a parent there is nothing that could be more terrifying for a kid to go to school and not feel safe,” she said, apparently fighting back tears. 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