White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders shared an adorable story on Sunday regarding her two-year-old and how the kid accidentally ordered a Batman toy by shouting, “Batman!” at the family’s Echo:
Alexa, we have a problem if my 2 year old can order a Batman toy by yelling "Batman!" over and over again into the Echo pic.twitter.com/7uF0d2fmD8
— Stephanie Grisham (@PressSec) January 14, 2018
Cute, right?
Not to the blue check mob. To them, the story is something sinister because Sanders used the White House account to share the anecdote and not her personal account:
https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/952646449963073537
Another WH ETHICS VIOLATION: Under 5 cfr 2635.702 et seq., @pressec can't use public resources (here her official Twitter account) to benefit or harm a private business. I am sure it is just a coincidence that it is one owned by her boss's arch-enemy Bezos. cc: @OfficeGovEthics https://t.co/FFFC2fCa3R
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) January 14, 2018
Alexa, is it an ethics problem if a White House official uses her official account to criticize a private company's product?
(PS: Alexa, feel free to ask @waltshaub.) https://t.co/kwPtPnCa0P
— Leah Litman (@LeahLitman) January 14, 2018
Others trolled Sanders by saying the two-year-old was really President Trump:
Who is she talking about here? A real two-year-old? Or the "two-year-old" she works with every day? https://t.co/2wv8PQuQFu
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) January 14, 2018
First of all, he's the president not your son. https://t.co/xbbAZZXsUs
— Raising Awareness for The Brandi (@ItsTheBrandi) January 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/thejoelstein/status/952676228216975360
And others thought she just outright lied:
this never happened https://t.co/jW4wuAuobZ
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) January 14, 2018
This is a weird lie. https://t.co/Wu4UBAxIf3
— Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) January 14, 2018
A. Why the hell are you lying about this?
B. Why the hell are you using a government account to complain about Amazon? https://t.co/dGVd3ORLvm
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) January 14, 2018
Never change, libs. Never. Change.
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