At least, that’s what Trump said today in another random Twitter announcement. We’ve heard this song before, of course, as she was supposed to leave the White House by the end of 2018 and just never did. This time, Trump claims that Sanders will be out by the end of the month.
….She is a very special person with extraordinary talents, who has done an incredible job! I hope she decides to run for Governor of Arkansas – she would be fantastic. Sarah, thank you for a job well done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2019
Sure, if the Governor of Arkansas only has to do their job once every couple of months, that would be a great fit. As it is, Sanders hasn’t done a daily press briefing since March 11, 94 days ago. Any time she does appear publicly it’s either to lie for Trump or to tell the press to shut up. That’s not supposed to be the role of the Press Secretary, but then again, the president isn’t supposed to openly accept opposition intel from foreign powers, either.
There’s no word on who might replace Sanders, though considering the job she’s done during the past several months, why restaff the position at all?
Some have also pointed out that there’s some interesting math going on in the President’s tweet. Sanders was not actually Press Secretary for Obama.
I think there is an arithmetic issue here: 3 and a half years at the WH means she was there for last year of @BarackObama – – umm i don't think so…. https://t.co/FsjT9OQnO4
— Jon Sopel (@BBCJonSopel) June 13, 2019
It definitely feels like it's been 3 1/2 years. If only it were true. https://t.co/imsjmzxkZr
— Natalie (@TheVille) June 13, 2019
MATH: If @SarahHuckabee had been at the @WhiteHouse for 3 1/2 years, that would mean she started at the beginning of 2016, under … @BarackObama. https://t.co/djqSwNFYVO
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) June 13, 2019
Math is fucking hard, y'all. https://t.co/TVihRqIhrA pic.twitter.com/QRn91yfXBU
— Babysitter Becca (@hokiebeccaCFS) June 13, 2019
To be clear, Sarah Huckabee Sanders has only been in the White House for a little over 2 years.
But it is fitting that Trump would farewell her by blatantly lying to the public about an easily verifiable fact. https://t.co/MPtO05vcgw
— Translate Trump (@TranslateRealDT) June 13, 2019
But for the most part, people are happy to see Sanders go and equally happy to trash her, which she deserves far more than she ever deserved the honor of being Press Secretary for the White House.
Good. Riddance. https://t.co/Ee8Q2dtcdW
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) June 13, 2019
POTUS announces Sarah Sanders is leaving. It's been 94 days since there was a briefing. https://t.co/ugtPp2wFId
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/jmbarry1313/status/1139276144891650048
Ballad of Sarah Sanders
Sarah sanders has retreated,
All pretense is conceded,
The process is completed,
Trump may finally disband a
Ministry of Propaganda
whose misleading memoranda
No longer need dispensing,
For the country's will is bending
Thanks to the GOP and FOX https://t.co/F9xJq8JM5q— Herr Due you do? (@BryanDue1) June 13, 2019
Sarah Sanders is a lying religious fraud and brings no good name or will to my home State. Thank God she will no longer continue tainting the name of my country, too. https://t.co/kbYL5Pi1zg
— Cody Davis (@ec0logical) June 13, 2019
Bye, Felicia. You wont be missed! Hope you are hounded and haunted the rest of your days! https://t.co/C6lIQJhFKv
— Zach ???????????????????? (@14thstreetblues) June 13, 2019
Funny, it kinda seemed like Sarah Huckabee Sanders had already left the White House months ago? Y'know, since she hasn't been doing any press briefings (aka her job) at all?
— Lilly Dancyger (@lillydancyger) June 13, 2019
So beautiful for Trump to honor Sarah Huckabee Sanders with one final lie https://t.co/VznIigAyQX
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) June 13, 2019
Trump just announced that @PressSec Sarah Huckabee Sanders would be leaving the White House. Asked to comment, Sanders remarked, "That's what the President has said, but I have no way of independently confirming, isn't that your job?"
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) June 13, 2019
Sarah Huckabee Sanders handled her job like a drunk person at a traffic stop denying she's in a car at all.
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) June 13, 2019
She's being replaced by a rug https://t.co/CsRfOVoSRW
— Pete Dominick (@PeteDominick) June 13, 2019
However, some people have doubts that she’ll leave at all.
I'm not going to believe that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving as White House press secretary until she denies it herself.
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) June 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/1139267816220024833
Can #SarahHuckabeeSanders officially leave a job she hasn't been doing in months?
— Allen Clifton (@Allen_Clifton) June 13, 2019
And if she does leave, people have some advice for the media and everyone else.
Do NOT book her on your late-night shows. Do NOT book her on your Sunday news shows. Do NOT think that it will be funny to have her appear on "SNL" or at the Emmys. https://t.co/IDzkuhSqOK
— Daniel Fienberg (@TheFienPrint) June 13, 2019
It is ok and even good not to serve Sarah Huckabee Sanders at your restaurants or other places of business and also to not let her be a fellow at your university.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) June 13, 2019
Good riddance, @PressSec. History will not be kind to you. https://t.co/SCThnrkbup
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) June 13, 2019
May she fade into obscurity.
