This past week, the press secretary for President Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, brought pecan pies to the press room at the White House to share with reporters, ending what some called “PieGate.”
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This past week, the press secretary for President Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, brought pecan pies to the press room at the White House to share with reporters, ending what some called “PieGate.”
If you’ve watched any of these press briefings before, they can get pretty contentious. The press secretary standing behind the podium has to explain and defend often-controversial policies and statements from President Trump, extemporaneously fielding questions from an adversarial and often belligerent press corps. Oh, and it’s always broadcast live throughout the planet to millions and millions of people.
Earlier this year, Sarah Sanders posted on twitter a picture of a pecan pie, with the following caption: “I don’t cook much these days, but managed this Chocolate Pecan Pie for Thanksgiving at the family farm!”
With everything of course being controversial these days, the peanut gallery, also knows as the Twittersphere, cried that the pie was fake. American Urban Radio network reporter April Ryan decided to bravely take on the cause and tweeted the following on behalf of the non-believers:
“I am not trying to be funny but folks are already saying #piegate and #fakepie. Show it to us on the table with folks eating it and a pic of you cooking it. I am getting the biggest laugh out of this. I am thankful for this laugh on Black Friday!”
Sarah Sanders good-naturedly later replied with photos and picture of the ingredients (eggs, butter, pecans, sugar, etc.) in front of a Christmas backdrop. “It’s pie time! With or without bourbon, @AprilDRyan?” “OK, I want to see the pics and the video. I will check tomorrow but won’t eat it!” replied Ryan.
Ok, all well and good. These are serious times of course, and they’re both playing along about this phony controversy to bring some levity to the tension and animosity-filled political arena.
Then on Thursday, Sarah Sanders kicked it up a notch – she brought some actual pies that she baked herself to the press room and gave them to April Ryan. Now most women with three children at home will tell you that that’s a job in and of itself. Sanders is a mom to young kids and holds one of the most difficult and high stress jobs in the world, and she took the time to bake pies for a professional adversary. An olive branch, if you will. Nice, right?