
Many, like me, are sad to see Sarah Sanders go.
So two White House reporters decided to throw her a little goodbye party, inviting other members of the media. Politico’s Anita Kumar and the Mail’s Francesca Chambers invited reporters for “farewell drinks”.
According to the Huffington Post:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the reporters who cover the White House haven’t always had the smoothest relationship. But that isn’t stopping some of those journalists from organizing a goodbye party for the outgoing White House press secretary next week.
On Wednesday, two White House correspondents, Politico’s Anita Kumar and DailyMail.com’s Francesca Chambers, invited fellow reporters and some Trump staffers to “farewell drinks” for Sanders at an upscale D.C. restaurant on June 24, according to a copy of the email invitation obtained by HuffPost.
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Kumar is a member of the WHCA’s board, and Chambers is the organization’s treasurer. But Knox told HuffPost the WHCA had “nothing to do” with the upcoming event.
Kumar, who sent the email, described the drinks to HuffPost as a “casual gathering for reporters who have engaged with Sarah, many of whom have done so for years.” She noted that such events are “quite common, regardless of administration ― as many Huffington Post reporters know and have frequented.” (It’s not clear which events Kumar was referring to, but HuffPost has never thrown a party for an administration official.)
“The challenges between the administration and the White House press corps are well documented and, in some cases, ongoing,” Kumar said. “I generally believe that part of the remedy to those challenges is to engage in conversation rather than to avoid it.”
She’s EXACTLY right. We can have our differences, and still enjoy each other’s company. We can be friends. We can have conversations. We can LEARN by understanding each other’s perspective. And recognition of how hard Sarah has worked is an amazing start.
The Leftist media is HORRIFIED.
Who are the reporters or which are the outlets giving a goodbye party for @PressSec? I feel we deserve to know for the sake of integrity and transparency.
— Jodi Jacobson 🇺🇦 🩸🦷 #BlackLivesMatter (@jljacobson) June 20, 2019
Wait… this woman is the editor in chief of a publication, and she couldn’t figure that out?
Oh, honey. Being a vindictive, hateful person isn’t your only problem, is it?
⁉️WHAT⁉️
White House reporters are throwing a “goodbye party” for @PressSec Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Sarah repeatedly LIED to reporters and then refused to hold a single press briefing during the last 3+ months of her tenure.🤬
👋🏼Good riddance, Sarah. https://t.co/loAmXRv0ue
— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) June 21, 2019
Because of people like you, Dena.
Sarah Sanders spent her time as Press Secretary lying to the press and to the American people to defend a president who is dangerously eroding democratic norms. They shouldn't reward her with a goodbye party. https://t.co/IOU69CB3It
— Miranda Yaver, PhD (@mirandayaver) June 20, 2019
NO PARTIES FOR PEOPLE I DON’T LIKE! WWAAAHHHH! I WANT A PARTY!
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1141871341060198400
Why should they?
Why would fete someone who actively eroded trust in and value of your entire industry? https://t.co/L3pCCMp4wr
— ᴅᴇʀᴇᴋ ᴍᴇᴀᴅ (@derektmead) June 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/1141822560461643776
A) They weren’t SUPPOSED to be on your “side” though the media clearly is.
B) They SHOULD love her. They’ve made an awful lot of money tearing her down.
This is so damn embarrassing. https://t.co/AdIbJIQLLN
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) June 20, 2019
No. You know what IS embarrassing?
How unbelievably petty you all are.