# Sarah Sanders leaving WH at end of the month. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494 "2019-06-13T20:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/41 "2019-06-14T00:03:31Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Wouldn’t it just be a slice of heaven if Giuliani became the next one? I wish to say this would not be a slice of heaven. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/42 "2019-06-14T00:04:54Z")
Her job - her one and only job that was vital to the country - was to have daily press conferences to give the press vitally important information about the administration and its dealings. She stopped doing that job because it became inconvenient to have to answer all the questions about a president who lies every time he opens his mouth. She cannot be defended for a second. Nobody in the history of the modern press secretary has ever refused to do the job of talking to the press. She will forever be the remembered as the most flagrantly contemptuous administration official in the history of the country. True, she is but a reflection of her boss. But she agreed to the assignment, knowing who and what he was, and worked extremely hard to live up to his level of contempt for the public for a very long time. There are many people on the right who no doubt are salivating at the prospect of trying to top her level of contempt for the free press. Easy to think from their bubble bunkers. It will be fun to see real reporters reduce them to the nothingness they are when the time comes. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/43 "2019-06-14T00:08:29Z")
She made the choice to routinely lie in defense of incompetence, corruption, bigotry, and worse. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/44 "2019-06-14T00:28:09Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > There are many people on the right who no doubt are salivating at the prospect of trying to top her level of contempt for the free press. Easy to think from their bubble bunkers. **It will be fun to see real reporters reduce them to the nothingness they are when the time comes.** Why do you think the press briefings stopped? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/45 "2019-06-14T01:07:59Z")
David Rothkopf shared a touching farewell tweet: > [@](#): > > Few American officials of the modern era will be so little missed. Nothing Sanders did as press secretary will be surpassed in value by her willingness, in the end, to step down. Her absence will transcend her presence in every measure of quality and public appreciation. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/46 "2019-06-14T01:48:27Z")
I like this tweet from James Poniewozik: _I’m not going to believe that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving as White House press secretary until she denies it herself._ mmm ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/47 "2019-06-14T02:29:43Z")
I have sympathy for her. I have worked for very bad bosses too. When you beat a dog enough the dog just gets silly. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/48 "2019-06-14T02:36:01Z")
She knew what she was getting into. And she welcomed the opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/49 "2019-06-14T03:08:40Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > I have sympathy for her. I have worked for very bad bosses too. When you beat a dog enough the dog just gets silly. Or, instead of creating a narrative where poor Sarah Sanders was “beaten” into her role, we can just accept that she’s a woman of exceptionally low moral and ethical standards who willingly took and stayed in her job. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/50 "2019-06-14T04:17:39Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Why do you think the press briefings stopped? You may have something there. Maybe Trump won’t even bother to hire another press secretary. But I’m confident there are sufficient numbers of people on the right who would give a right arm for the chance to stuck their heads up Trump’s butt that he will find a lackey even more craven and obsequious than Sanders who will treat the “fake news” as Trumps sees fit. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/51 "2019-06-14T04:29:08Z")
I heard about 90 seconds of this story on NPR today and I coulda swore the guy they were interviewing said he didn’t think they would replace Sanders. Trump will just do his own talking. I guess that’s not the official word (otherwise I assume you guys would have brought it up by now) but the conjecture of someone in-the-know enough to be interviewed about it on NPR. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/52 "2019-06-14T04:43:18Z")
I wasn’t expecting her to leave without any advanced rumors. I wonder if some of the recent subpoenas spooked her. > [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > > [@pool](#): > > > > Wouldn’t it just be a slice of heaven if Giuliani became the next one? > > I wish to say this would not be a slice of heaven. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. Oh c’mon. It would be hilarious! I mean, he’s a blithering idiot. We might as well have some fun during this shit show. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/53 "2019-06-14T05:39:36Z")
This headline is such a damning indictment: [“Spin Doc Sarah Huckabee Sanders Exits With Rare Commodity: Trump’s Respect”](https://www.thedailybeast.com/sarah-huckabee-sanders-white-house-press-secretary-exits-with-rare-commodity-trumps-respect). ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/54 "2019-06-14T06:11:10Z")
I live in fear KellyAnne Conroy will whine and stomp and hold her breath until she turns blue just to get the job. She has been kissing Trump’s butt so thoroughly, her entire head has been sucked inside. I halfway expect to hear that Melania has thrown her off the roof, making sure she is impaled by every single thorn in the rose garden. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/55 "2019-06-14T10:16:20Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > I live in fear KellyAnne Conroy will whine and stomp and hold her breath until she turns blue just to get the job. > > She has been kissing Trump’s butt so thoroughly, her entire head has been sucked inside. Factually speaking, it would be a demotion for Conway. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/56 "2019-06-14T10:26:55Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > I live in fear KellyAnne Conroy will whine and stomp and hold her breath until she turns blue just to get the job. > \*\* > She has been kissing Trump’s butt so thoroughly, her entire head has been sucked inside.\*\* > > I halfway expect to hear that Melania has thrown her off the roof, making sure she is impaled by every single thorn in the rose garden. > ~VOW She’s having a threesome with Graham and McConnell? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/57 "2019-06-14T11:31:57Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I like this tweet from James Poniewozik: > > _I’m not going to believe that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving as White House press secretary until she denies it herself._ > mmm Love it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/58 "2019-06-14T13:08:32Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I heard about 90 seconds of this story on NPR today and I coulda swore the guy they were interviewing said he didn’t think they would replace Sanders. Trump will just do his own talking. I’m waiting for the official announcement that John Barron is the new White House Press Secretary. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/59 "2019-06-14T13:33:29Z")
Trump tweeted > [@](#): > > …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! ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494/60 "2019-06-14T13:34:23Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I heard about 90 seconds of this story on NPR today and I coulda swore the guy they were interviewing said he didn’t think they would replace Sanders. Trump will just do his own talking. I can believe it. Sanders wasn’t really doing a job anyway (she almost never did the one thing she was supposed to be doing) and Trump has no interest in interacting with the media. And leaving it unfilled avoids the whole circus of no one really wanting the job, which has been the case with his many unfilled positions. At least it’s not as though the position requires Senate confirmation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-leaving-wh-at-end-of-the-month/835494.md?page=4)