After Crying ‘Fake News’ For Years, Sanders Is Getting A Party — Thrown By Reporters

on September 5, 2017 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 05: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls on reporters during the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House September 5, 2017 in Washingt... WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 05: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls on reporters during the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House September 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. Sanders fielded questions about President Donald Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration policy, an Obama-era executive action that allows certain undocumented immigratns who entered the country as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and eligibility for a work permit. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Two White House reporters, Politico’s Anita Kumar and the Daily Mail’s Francesca Chambers, are throwing a going away soiree for White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who essentially stopped holding press conferences and has lobbed attacks against a whole host of media reports as “fake news.”

Kumar told HuffPost that the event was a “casual gathering for reporters who have engaged with Sarah, many of whom have done so for years.”

“The challenges between the administration and the White House press corps are well documented and, in some cases, ongoing,” she added. “I generally believe that part of the remedy to those challenges is to engage in conversation rather than to avoid it.”

President Donald Trump announced Sanders’ departure last week, adding a winking nudge that she should run for Governor of Arkansas. Sanders has reportedly been putting out feelers to consider doing just that.

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  1. Hope no one shows up or if they do it’s only to hurl pies or milk shakes at her.

  2. Avatar for docd docd says:

    Smoky eye shadow would be a nice gift.

  3. Why? Just why? To celebrate all the lies and attacks on the free press? How about “Don’t let then door hit you on the way out.” And we wonder why they don’t respect journalists?

  4. Brace yourself, Arkansas, the Kraken has been unleashed.

  5. I certainly hope someone publishes a list of the attendees.

    And it is a well-known fact that Sarah appreciates a good pie, so let us also hope someone brings one of the chocolate variety to this festive occasion!

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