Sarah Huckabee Sanders held her first press briefing Wednesday as White House press secretary and told reporters that, every once in a while, she’d start the briefing with a letter or email sent to the White House. She then proceeded to read a handwritten letter from a 9-year-old boy named Dylan, aka “Pickle,” who considers Donald Trump his favorite president.
.@SHSanders45 reads letter 9-year-old Dylan wrote to @POTUS: "You're my favorite president. I like you so much." https://t.co/zKzuYrWJdj pic.twitter.com/2GeHMJygSx
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 26, 2017
Thank you Dylan (aka Pickle) for your letter to @POTUS! We hope to meet you soon! pic.twitter.com/RtTb6KtsZN
— Sarah H. Sanders (@SHSanders45) July 26, 2017
Hmm … just who is this “Dylan” person, and what’s his connection to Russia?
For the record, Olivia Nuzzi of New York Magazine is not a fan of the new format.
For fucks sake
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) July 26, 2017
Sarah announces that they're now planning on starting some briefings by reading a letter someone sends to the president. She's reading one.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) July 26, 2017
It's from a child named Dylan who loves Trump and had a Trump themed birthday party and doesn't understand why people don't like him.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) July 26, 2017
This is uhhhh not what the briefing is for
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) July 26, 2017
Like, this is just propaganda.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) July 26, 2017
The White House has released what they claim is the letter from Dylan: pic.twitter.com/Tte7wlUUpy
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) July 26, 2017
“what they claim is the letter”
They’re lying about the letter?! Wow Pickle-gate has gotten absurd faster than most fake scandals… https://t.co/qVh7Rs7aY8
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) July 26, 2017
Tell us about it:
Looks like President Tiny Pickle wrote that himself. #FakePresident #FakePickle
— Cesira Lucia (@cesiralucia) July 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/AndrewHusband/status/890300788286816256
Honest to God, I'm not buying this shit. https://t.co/yM6y4STzA1
— Brendan Diamond (@BP_Diamond) July 26, 2017
This letter is amazingly fake https://t.co/5YfmgrafNd
— Alyssa Savage?️⚧️ (@Alyssa_Savvy) July 26, 2017
Oh this is fake as shit. https://t.co/7Dyc19NiwQ
— ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱQᴜᴀᴅ ? ? (@DeathMullet) July 26, 2017
Why is there no crease? https://t.co/EXbGCd1kHL
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) July 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/fpconomega/status/890305717730783232
We really need to know more about this “Dylan” person, ASAP … quick, pull everybody off of the Imran Awan story and track this kid down, now. If only there were mainstream journalists who didn’t consider doxxing a 9-year-old ethically out of bounds.
.@SarahHuckabee read the kid's last name at the press briefing, but the WH redacts it in letter? https://t.co/kyqmyQXd63
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) July 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/EX/status/890302264715464704
Eager for info on Dillon aka "pickle," the kid who wrote Trump, per @SHSanders45. Dillon the Pickle is mascot of Portland baseball team. pic.twitter.com/tOUWXnEbzv
— Todd J. Gillman (@toddgillman) July 26, 2017
Also worth pointing out this other Dylan the pickle: https://t.co/O3aruGynAg
— Todd J. Gillman (@toddgillman) July 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/msgoddam/status/890290140073123846
I imagine a lot of people who's name starts with "Dill…" get nicknamed Pickle, moron. You trying to dox a 9 year old?
— Dave (@DD1341D) July 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/downwiththemao/status/890304774003859456
https://twitter.com/nymjr7/status/890293429095337985
Luckily, @CNN will agree not to reveal Pickle's address if he apologizes and promises never to write a fan letter to @realDonaldTrump again! https://t.co/bjSqCuLwzt
— Andrew Klavan (@andrewklavan) July 26, 2017
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SASSY! Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders hits back at critics of off-camera briefings https://t.co/ojKHM8CLfV
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 22, 2017
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