Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday launched a sleek new personal website, a move sure to further stoke speculation that the former White House press secretary is … [56], In an August 2018 press conference, Sanders was asked multiple times to say that the media was not the "enemy of the people", and Sanders opted not to do so. [66] In an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News, Wallace countered her claim of nearly 4,000 terrorists, saying "I know the statistic. [75][8] According to the report, Sanders also made false statements about when Trump decided to fire James Comey, as well as lying about Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's involvement in the Comey firing. [10][11] Under Sanders, the White House has set at least three records for the most days between formal press briefings. [1] The youngest child and only daughter of Mike Huckabee and Janet (née McCain) Huckabee,[12][13] she has two brothers, John Mark Huckabee and David Huckabee. Noting the similarities between her father's and Trump's anti-establishment campaigns, Sanders joined the Trump team in February 2016 as a senior adviser. Not Trump's", "A Portrait of the White House and Its Culture of Dishonesty", "White House press secretary Sarah Sanders to go", "Press Secretary Sarah Sanders leaving White House", "Sarah Huckabee Sanders Leaving White House at the End of the Month", "Nine things to know about Sarah Huckabee Sanders, deputy White House press secretary", "Yes, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Is Mike Huckabee's Daughter", "Sarah Huckabee Sanders to be deputy White House press secretary", "Sarah Huckabee Sanders: From Ouachita to the White House", "Who is Sarah Huckabee Sanders? As the mouthpiece for the Trump administration's policies, Sanders was an easy target for talk show and sketch comedy material, with Saturday Night Live and Chelsea Handler taking aim at her comments and personal appearance. [42], In November 2017, President Trump retweeted three unverified anti-Muslim videos by Britain First, a far-right British group with a history of posting misleading videos. When a redacted version of the special counsel's report was publicly revealed, Sanders defended herself, saying that her comments about the FBI agents were made in "the heat of the moment" and unscripted. Sarah Elizabeth Sanders (née Huckabee; born August 13, 1982) is an American campaign manager and political adviser who served as White House Press Secretary under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2019. [57] Sarah Elizabeth Sanders (née Huckabee; born August 13, 1982)[1] is an American campaign manager and political adviser who served as White House Press Secretary under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2019. Sarah Sanders on Hunter Biden confirming probe into taxes: Not surprising, very disturbing . In early 2016, the husband and wife team founded the Second Street Strategies consulting firm in Little Rock. Article continues below advertisement. I promise." Emily Miller: In defense of Sarah Sanders. [20] She was national political director for her father's 2008 presidential campaign. [80][81], Huckabee met Bryan Sanders during her father's 2008 presidential campaign. Michelle Wolf notably unloaded on Sanders while hosting the 2018 White House Correspondents Dinner, highlighting her "smoky eye," while actor-turned-artist Jim Carrey produced an untitled but likely portrait of the press secretary, calling her a "so-called Christian whose only purpose in life is to lie for the wicked." [62] The following day, in order to justify the White House's actions, Sanders released a video of the moment the intern tried to grab the microphone from Acosta's hand. I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees. She is the daughter of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. Huckabee said that he and his wife spoiled Sarah at times. [13] Following graduation from Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas,[14] Huckabee attended Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Sarah Winchester, heiress of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, earned notoriety for allegedly communicating with spirits while building a labyrinthine California mansion. Follow her on Twitter: @McTelevision. When FBI Director Christopher Wray contradicted that claim by saying the White House was aware of the allegations months in advance, Sanders held firm, saying that she was "not aware of any communication" between security personnel briefed on the matter and the West Wing staff. [38] Sanders is the third woman to hold the role of White House Press Secretary after Dee Dee Myers in 1993 and Dana Perino in 2007. The following July, after a redacted Justice Department application to wiretap one-time Trump campaign adviser Carter Page became public, Sanders appeared on Fox & Friends to press the point that "the president's been right all along" about the lack of collusion with Russian agents, and that it was time to end special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation into the matter. Who Is Sarah Huckabee Sanders' Husband? Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Ethnicity, Nationality Sarah Sanders is 37 years old. [15][16][17], Sanders was involved in her father's first campaign for the United States Senate in 1992. Sanders responded by saying, "Yeah, we've been clear on that since the beginning, and the President has spoken on it," without elaborating. [78], Like several of her White House colleagues, she has been satirized on Saturday Night Live,[79] where she is portrayed by Aidy Bryant. After serving as a field coordinator for the George W. Bush reelection campaign in 2004, Sanders spent the next few years with the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. By 2007, she was back on the trail as the national political director for her father's upstart presidential bid, which claimed a surprising win in the Iowa caucus before fizzling out. Sanders also said that President Trump "weighed in, offered suggestion like any father would do." ", "Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump's White House press secretary, is stepping down", "Sanders's 'Slip of the Tongue' Would Be a Problem in Some White Houses. The video originated from conspiracy theorist Paul Joseph Watson of the far-right website Infowars, and was allegedly altered to make Acosta seem aggressive and excluded him saying "Pardon me, ma'am" to the intern. Sarah Huckabee Sanders works in her office at the White House in Washington. In August 2019, it was reported that Sanders had signed with Fox News to provide commentary across the network's on-air and digital properties. In September 2017, after outspoken ESPN personality Jemele Hill called Trump a "white supremacist" on Twitter, Sanders led the response by suggesting the comments were a "fireable offense." "[13] Her father described her childhood, saying: "I always say that when most kids are seven or eight years old out jumping rope, she was sitting at the kitchen table listening to political commentators analyze poll results." "[37], On July 21, 2017, following Spicer's announcement that he was going to resign, newly appointed White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci announced that Sanders would take the role of White House press secretary. "[33], On June 27, 2017, during a press briefing, Sanders criticized the media, accusing them of spreading "fake news" against Trump. [44][45] Sanders said that Porter had made a "personal decision" to leave the White House, while White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah said that Porter was "terminated". Sarah Huckabee Sanders was President Trump's longest serving press secretary before she resigned in 2019. Sanders is the third woman to fill the position. [69][70], On August 22, 2019, Fox News announced that Sanders would become a Fox News contributor, effective September 6. After Sarah Sanders, we need a real press secretary It's not unusual for former White House press secretaries to score gigs at cable news networks. Data obtained by NBC News contradicted Sanders's assertion, showing that from October 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018 only six immigrants on the No Fly List (also known as the terror watch list) were encountered at the ports of entry on the Mexico border. Sarah Huckabee Sanders – Salary and net worth. Bryan Chatfield is a popular media personality with his successful career as a political adviser and media consultant for the Republican Party. Sanders’ name appeared in Time Magazine’s 2010 list of ’40 under 40′ in the field of politics. Mike Huckabee lost that bid, but he won a special election for lieutenant governor in 1993 and successfully defended his seat the following year, with Sanders taking part all the while by canvassing, mailing fliers and installing signs. Biden replied, "I've worked my whole life to overcome a stutter. [47], In mid-June 2018, when questioned on the Trump administration's immigration policies resulting in the separation of migrant children from their parents at the Mexico–United States border, Sanders blamed "legal loopholes that Democrats refuse to close", but stated, "it is very biblical to enforce the law". Seriously. Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders is an American campaign manager and political adviser. [82][83][19] They have three children. In her new book called, Speaking for Myself, Sanders punches back at the critics, starting with those who hate Trump for a living. Her first formal briefing, marked by her reading a letter to President Donald Trump from a boy nicknamed "Pickle," set the tone for a tenure marked by folksy anecdotes and an ability to sidestep controversial issues in a way that eluded her combative predecessor. Sanders concluded her tenure on June 28. Abolitionist and feminist Sarah Moore Grimké and her sister Angelina were the first women to testify before a state legislature on the issue of rights for Black people. [27] However, on May 26, The Wall Street Journal again suggested that Sanders was being considered as a possible replacement for Spicer, in the context of wider staff changes and the investigation into alleged communications with Russia. After joining Donald Trump's successful presidential campaign in 2016, Sanders served as White House press secretary from July 2017 through June 2019. [30] After Trump sought to discredit Comey and the FBI, Sanders was questioned on a tweet she had sent during the 2016 presidential election that "when you're attacking FBI agents because you're under criminal investigation, you're losing". Additionally, screen grabs of Sanders' various expressions from briefings became popular fuel for online meme generators. [73], On April 18, 2019, the first volume of Mueller Report, the Special Counsel Investigation report compiled by Robert Mueller, revealed that Sanders admitted that she had lied when giving a press conference, when she described various things regarding James Comey, the former FBI director. [72], During the December 2019 Democratic presidential debate, Sanders mocked former Vice-President Joe Biden's stutter, tweeting "I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I hhhave absolutely no idea what Biden is talking about. #DemDebate." "[7][8], Sanders' rhetoric about the report was found to be misleading or false. [51][52][53][54] US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said that she could not answer on behalf of the White House, but that the State Department considered the Russian allegations against McFaul "absolutely absurd. Some examples of those claims include that Trump … She previously served as White House Deputy Press Secretary to her predecessor, Sean Spicer, in 2017. © 2020 Biography and the Biography logo are registered trademarks of A&E Television Networks, LLC. Melanie McFarland is Salon's TV critic. Sanders met her husband, Bryan Sanders, while she was working for her dad during the 2008 presidential race and he was a member of Kansas Senator Sam Brownback's organization; after Brownback suspended his campaign, Bryan Sanders joined the Huckabee team. She was the campaign's field director, and Sanders was hired as a media consultant. https://www.biography.com/political-figure/sarah-huckabee-sanders. She’s surviving in the swamp. The following year, Sanders rejoined her father as manager of his presidential campaign, which failed to gain traction in a crowded Republican field. I fell out when she said pussy. Named the administration's deputy press secretary just before Trump took office in January 2017, Sanders was relegated to the background while the media trained its focus on Spicer. Sarah Palin became the first female governor of Alaska, as well as the first woman to earn the Republican Party's vice-presidential nomination. Making her debut on Fox & Friends on September 6, Sanders showed that she intended to continue her staunch support of President Trump's policies from her new perch. She was the White House press secretary under President Donald Trump, also she is the third woman to fill the position. I don’t have a negative opinion of her. Her defense of the Trump administration's actions led to some speculation that President Trump was considering promoting her to replace Spicer. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! [58][59], The morning after publication of the September 5, 2018 New York Times op-ed "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration", Sanders used her official government Twitter account to tweet[60] that the anonymous writer was a "gutless loser" and to charge that those in the newspaper's opinion department are "the only ones complicit in this deceitful act". "[67], In January 2019 Sanders said on the Christian Broadcasting Network that she thinks "God calls all of us to fill different roles at different times, and I think that he wanted Donald Trump to become president". She repeatedly told the press that "countless members" of the FBI had contacted her to complain about Comey, but admitted to investigators that her claims were "a slip of the tongue" and "not founded on anything". Advertisement. She was a regional liaison for congressional affairs at the U.S. Department of Education under President George W. [23][24], After Donald Trump was elected, Sanders was named to the position of deputy White House press secretary in his new administration. She apologized the following day. And it's my great honor to mentor kids who have experienced the same. Sarah Boone was a 19th century African American dressmaker who was awarded a patent for her improved ironing board. Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States, and the second to be impeached. [12][84], On Friday, June 22, 2018, a co-owner of a 26-seat restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, 200 miles from Washington, D.C., asked Sanders to leave the restaurant because Sanders worked for the Trump administration, giving rise to the Red Hen restaurant controversy. [85] Sanders, using her White House Press Secretary Twitter account, named the restaurant that refused to serve her, and former director of the United States Office of Government Ethics, Walter Shaub tweeted that Sanders had violated ethics laws by "discouraging patronage" and "using her office to get public to pressure it". Sanders, who left the White House in June 2019, spoke with Fox News ’ Sean Hannity during a discussion about Trump’s widely criticized push to reopen schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. It only took 30 minutes for The View's season premiere to go up in flames. The Associated Press noted, "Mueller did not fully exonerate Trump or declare that a possible case against Trump to be “closed.” While announcing his work was now finished, Mueller specifically left it open for Congress to decide on possible charges of wrongdoing. "[65], During the 2018-2019 government shutdown caused by Congress's refusal to fulfill President Trump's demand for $5.7 billion in federal funds for a U.S.–Mexico border wall, Sanders argued that a border wall was necessary, claiming that the CBP stopped nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists when they crossed the Mexico border in 2018. Not this time, Sarah. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders will leave her post at the end of June, Donald Trump announced yesterday on Twitter. British Prime Minister Theresa May was among those to criticize Trump's actions. That same month, The Washington Post reported that Sanders and her deputy Bill Shine strategized optimum times to release announcements that the security clearances of various Trump critics and officials involved in the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election had been revoked. In October, when the emergence of the Access Hollywood tape with Trump's shocking language threatened to sink the campaign, Sanders helped quiet the furor with her composed appearance on CNN, defending her boss while also pointing out Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's shortcomings. Regarding Sanders defending her comments on FBI agents, The New York Times wrote: "It has been a hallmark of the Trump White House never to admit a mistake, never to apologize and never to cede a point. [46], In March 2018, Sanders said regarding the Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal, "there was no knowledge of any payments from the president" to Daniels. Sarah Jessica Parker is an award-winning TV and film actress whose starring role in the series 'Sex and the City' catapulted her to stardom. As Acosta was in the process of asking the president a question, an intern, at the direction of Trump, tried to take away his microphone. Sanders defended Trump's position, “Whether it’s a real video, the threat is real and that is what the president is talking about, that’s what the president is focused on, is dealing with those real threats and those are real no matter how you’re looking at it." In March 2019, after Attorney General William Barr released a summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, Sanders falsely claimed that the investigation's findings were "a total and complete exoneration." What does Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s husband do for a living? [10][11], Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee was born on August 13, 1982, in Hope, Arkansas. However, she showed what she could do when thrown into the fire on May 10, 2017, the day after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. 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