Original sentence: In May 2018, Schlapp defended White House aide Kelly Sadler after she joked that John McCain's opposition to CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel was irrelevant because "he’s dying anyway".Schlapp has stated an opposition to same-sex marriage, calling President Barack Obama’s decision to support it a "political ploy"
Edited sentence: In May 2018, Schlapp defended her employee, White House aide Kelly Sadler, after Sadler had a private conversation with coworkers leaked to the media, where she made candid unflattering comments.Schlapp was trying to get across the point that when a staff member is targeted by a leak from other members of the staff, then the communications team should support the staffer subjected to the leak