Sarah Sanders is out as White House Press Secretary — presumably to mount a run for Governor of Arkansas. However, her exit announcement didn’t solicit tears of sadness or a “Going Away” party by members of the press or the general public. In fact, it was just the opposite.
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“Ding, Dong, The Witch Is Dead,” is likely what Sarah Sanders will hear sung by members of the so-called “fake news” media and others as she leaves the grounds of The White House for the last time later this month. Yes, the woman who could spin an ignorant Donald Trump lie into a priceless diamond jewel is stepping down just as the Trump 2020 campaign will soon be ramping up.
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“After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State of Arkansas,” Trump tweeted Thursday. “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!”
After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State of Arkansas….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2019
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Interestingly, Republicans have been quick to extinguish any hint that Sanders’ resignation was forced after Donald Trump’s recent pronouncement that he’d accept dirt from foreign nations against his political rivals and enemies.
“There was never going to be a good time for Sarah to resign and it had nothing to do with the president’s comments about foreign opposition research,” former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said on Saturday.
Still, many are concluding that Sarah Sanders faced a firing squad inside White House and GOP circles for allowing Trump to speak freely and at length to ABC’s George Stephanoupolus (former President Bill Clinton’s White House press secretary), who provided a platform for Trump to admit on national television that he would collude with a foreign entity in order to help his reelection hopes.
Over the past few days, Republicans have been stumbling over ways to “explain” Trump’s admission — so, it’s not a stretch to presume that top GOP operatives may have wanted her gone.
They’re not the only ones.
After creating lie after lie to cover Donald Trump’s repeated dishonesty, after putting an end to the tradition of daily White House press briefings just so she (and Trump) wouldn’t have to be subjected to fact-checking from the media, and after yanking the press credentials of CNN and other news agencies considered an enemy to Trump as punishment for not reporting HIS version of the truth, it’s no surprise that Sarah Sanders is not winning any popularity contests with members of the press or anyone else.
You may remember that during last year’s White House Correspondents Association Dinner, comedian Michelle Wolf said of Sanders: “She burns facts, and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smoky eye.” Everyone laughed — except an uncomfortable Sanders who looked on from her seat a few feet away.
You may also remember the Red Hen Restaurant in Virginia asking her to leave their premises due to her association with Trump.
However, news of Sanders’ “demise” quickly prompted a celebration among Hollywood and ordinary Americans.
“Where are we having the party?” comedian Kathy Griffin asked after hearing of the Sarah Sanders resignation. “I mean, this is a celebratory moment.”
Bitch, do not come for me. I did not call you. And for fucks sake, take a cold reading class, maybe you won’t stumble so much. pic.twitter.com/yu9jUzyUCr
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 30, 2018
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Host Jimmy Kimmel took to his ABC late-night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to joke that Sanders has a habit of delivering a load of “Hucka B.S.” during press conferences.
“She’s going home to become a professional skateboarder. That’s true, or at least it’s as true as everything she said while she was working at the White House,” Kimmel laughed.
Others also weighed in via Twitter:
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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
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Possible replacements for Sarah Sanders:
• an angry sewer rat
• that creepy doll at your nan’s house
• an empty KKK hood
• an elderly white bollock with a face drawn on it
• some grey putty moulded into the shape of a bastard
• a jar of concentrated dogpiss
• Ann Coulter— 🏳️🌈 Max 🏳️🌈 (@SpillerOfTea) June 13, 2019
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I have heard from countless members of the FBI who are delighted that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving
— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) June 13, 2019
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I’m sure Sarah Huckabee Sanders is excited for what lies ahead.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) June 13, 2019
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Good Riddance, Sarah Huckabee Sanders! Now the only one you have to lie to is Jesus. pic.twitter.com/qeWYpNxrtF
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) June 14, 2019
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As for Sarah Sanders, she remained locked and loaded with her signature fake smile amid all the criticism.
“I’ve loved every minute, even the hard minutes,” she said of her work as Trump’s flunkie. “I’ve loved it. I love the president.”
Haha they really ripped on Sarah on twitter. Those are real funny and ding dong the witch is dead is right. Now I wonder will Trump bring somebody in who is qualified. Or will he pick a Sarah Huckabee Sanders clone.