Sarah Sanders Is Leaving The White House

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 10: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls on reporters during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House September 10, 2018 in Washington, DC. Sanders was joined by White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett, who talked about the economic progress made by Trump Administration policies. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

One of the few remaining original members of Donald Trump’s administration is leaving her job. Sarah Sanders is stepping down as Press Secretary. Donald Trump tweeted:

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… 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!

Trump is actually wrong. Sanders has been with the White House for 2 1/2 years. The same amount of time he’s been on the job. After the inauguration, she started as Deputy Press Secretary before getting promoted in July of that year to her current post.

"This has been the honor of a lifetime … I couldn't be prouder to have had the opportunity to serve my country and particularly, to work for this president," Sarah Sanders says.

"I've loved every minute, even the hard minutes … I love the president" https://t.co/Y8KO0xXyTD pic.twitter.com/3OtnH3uETJ
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 13, 2019

Sanders hasn’t held a press briefing in three months. Her tenure has been marked with issues. Most recently the public lost confidence in her after the Mueller report confirmed she lied.

The time Sarah Sanders told Mueller's team that she made up (and never corrected) a claim about the FBI rank and file losing confidence in Comey. pic.twitter.com/VcbrjiYOo3
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 13, 2019

The list of high-profile departures from the Trump administration is very long. Axios has the complete list here.

As for Sanders, she could be running for office in her native Arkansas.

Sarah Sanders wants to run for governor of Arkansas. https://t.co/4DbwstYEML pic.twitter.com/8Jl178I5Ml
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) June 13, 2019

As for jobs as a TV analyst, perhaps Fox, but not CNN.

No surprise, but: CNN sources tell me the network has no interest in bringing on Huckabee Sanders as a contributor.
— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) June 13, 2019