Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Will Leave Her Post at the End of June
Sanders: “I’ve loved every minute, even the hard minutes.”
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Press Secretary Sarah Sanders will leave at the end of the month. From Fox News:
Trump’s announcement came moments before he made remarks at a White House event on its “Second Chance” program boosting hiring of criminals who have served their sentences.
“We’ve been through a lot together and she’s tough, but she’s good,” Trump said at the event Thursday.
Sanders called serving the president an “honor of a lifetime” and said she “couldn’t be prouder” of the administration’s work.
“I’ve loved every minute, even the hard minutes,” Sanders said at the event, calling her role the “most special experience” of her life second only to being a mom of three.
Sanders later tweeted saying she is “blessed and forever grateful to @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to serve and proud of everything he’s accomplished. I love the President and my job. The most important job I’ll ever have is being a mom to my kids and it’s time for us to go home. Thank you Mr. President!”
Sanders, 36, and the daughter of former Arkansas Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee worked on her father’s presidential campaign during the 2016 Republican primary until he dropped out of the race. She then joined the Trump campaign and, subsequently, the Trump administration as a White House communications aide. She was promoted to White House press secretary in 2017, after the president’s first top spokesman, Sean Spicer, resigned from the position.
If she chooses to follow in her father’s footsteps the seat for governor opens up in 2022.
Throughout her tenure at the White House, Sanders has come under fierce criticism from members of the press for being dishonest on the president’s behalf during press briefings that were often contentious and emotional. Eventually, the press secretary stopped giving daily briefings altogether at the suggestion of the president who said the press covered her “rudely and inaccurately.”.
Sanders took over as press secretary in July 2017 after Anthony Scaramucci left after ten days on the job. She has not held a press briefing in months, though. Can you blame her? Sanders and her family, which includes three children, have faced many bouts of harassment. An owner of a restaurant demanded they leave since Sanders worked for Trump.
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
….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
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I find myself wanting her to run for Arkansas governor just because of the way the Press will tie itself into knots over the idea.
Sanders and her family, which includes three children, have faced many bouts of harassment. An owner of a restaurant demanded they leave since Sanders worked for Trump.
Politically congruent (“=”). #HateLovesAbortion
I’m sad to see her go. She didn’t take any sh!+ and didn’t let the press roll over her. All the best SHS
I will miss her. I wish her and her family all the best. This will be a loss to the President and to the country.
I really wish she were staying
#lovesarah
Few people are equipped to replace her. She’s an awesome presense.
Nooooooooooooooo. We want Sarah.
Awesome woman, who I would illegally vote for governor in Arkansas if she runs. I’ll get a ballot somehow.
(That’s the .001% democrat in me coming out)
Love Sarah! Will truly miss her candor and integrity.
About laughed myself into a coma over this Youtube “Bad Lip Reading” featuring Sarah.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EsUNOIYyKg
She was absolutely the best person for the job. I hope she has a clone or an apprentice or something less Star Wars sounding.
Personally, I’d love to see her in the Senate!
But spend a few years with your kids first.
Thank you for an outstanding job, Sarah!
I hope they can find a good replacement. She was very good.
She’d be more useful to America in the Senate than as a governor of AK.