Move over, confefe. There’s a new Twitter sheriff in town. And it’s none other than the three-year-old child of Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
On the morning of June 10, a questionable message went out from Sander’s Twitter profile. It’s her official work account, created in January right after she got the White House job under Donald Trump, too.
And that message appeared much more confusing than any of the many ones tweeted by Trump himself. It’s loaded with emojis, and with only a few letters and characters that don’t compose any actual message.
Take note:
⚓️⚓️ :/9//&⛩
#lolaklkk⛲️— Sarah H. Sanders (@SHSanders45) June 10, 2017
This quickly launched over 4,000 replies. And which are even funnier than the original that launched those counter-tweets.
This is the most coherent statement to come from the Trump administration.
— David Blaustein (@blaustein) June 10, 2017
When Trump asks you to pledge loyalty to him, standard ritual is to tweet more stupid stuff than Trump does.
— Ram Prasad (@ramprasad_c) June 10, 2017
somebody got their lol’s in her kkk’s
— #notallelephants (@veg_nation) June 10, 2017
Apparently the idiotic “I have the best words” Trumpanzees are now reduced to using pictures to communicate.
— OneKwatt (@OneKarawatt) June 10, 2017
— LucyFur the Cat (@LucyFurTweets) June 10, 2017
Did you let Trump use your phone again?
— Mary E McGlynn (@MaryEMcGlynn) June 10, 2017
There were many “covfefe” jokes, of course.
It’s hieroglyphics – if we study it carefully we will find the meaning of COVFEFE
— Blue So Blue (@BlueSoBlue1) June 10, 2017
Is “lolaklkk” the next “covfefe”?
— Lotus Prince (@LotusPrince) June 10, 2017
Is she saying Trump got her phone and tried to make us forget covfefe?
— Alexandra Halaby (@iskandrah) June 10, 2017
Not all of the replies were issued with humorous intent.
This image might be the most unsettling representation of our state of affairs.
— Johnny K(revens) (@johnnykwuhhh) June 10, 2017
Some Twitter respondents joked about news that White House staff kept Trump away from all social media during the recent James Comey testimony before congress.
No.
Trump stole her phone and tried to secretly tweet— NotMyPresident (@MarcusC22973194) June 10, 2017
Don’t forget how Republicans attacked Hillary Clinton regarding security in electronic communication, either.
But remember the private email server that was NEVER hacked that the GOP want HRC locked up..while guy leading the chant was a foreign agent
— Linda Webb (@WebbL03) June 10, 2017
Sanders responded to this odd tweet about 90 minutes later, and with a cutesy explanation. Oops! It was actually her toddler-aged child who submitted the previous message on Sanders’ official Twitter account.
This is what happens when your 3 year old steals your phone. Thanks Huck! #neverleaveyourphoneunlocked https://t.co/qFD8zRpn8g
— Sarah H. Sanders (@SHSanders45) June 10, 2017
That only launched another response-tweet party, though, and in even higher number than the responses to the first tweet.
It’s more coherent than your press briefings, you should send him to the podium
— Jason Bailey (@jasondashbailey) June 10, 2017
Trump stole your phone? How cute!
— Ram Prasad (@ramprasad_c) June 10, 2017
Are you certain it wasn’t your father, @GovMikeHuckabee?
— Matt Small (@newsmatt) June 10, 2017
My emoji story of your president— ️+=
— ((Molly Jong-Fast)) (@MollyJongFast) June 10, 2017
The incompetence in this WH is staggering.
— cleo peterson (@cleo_peterson) June 10, 2017
And as some pointed out, if a three-year-old child has access to an official White House mobile phone, and can actually operate that phone, doesn’t that seem like, oh … a security risk, maybe?
So, now we have to worry about Trump tweeting while falling asleep AND SHS’s toddler tweeting from her phone? I’ve never felt more secure.
— Molly Yanity (@mollyyanity) June 10, 2017
Well there’s kind of a security question too. As a mom, I empathize, but it’s not my job to speak for the President. She should be careful.
— Christi Graybill (@Gockomo) June 11, 2017
Hell, my phone’s locked and I’m neither a rocket scientist nor a WH Spokesperson…
— Christi Graybill (@Gockomo) June 11, 2017
Are you kidding me? As the White House deputy press secretary your phone was just CASUALLY UNLOCKED?
— Tanya Ghahremani (@tanyaghahremani) June 10, 2017
Wait the same phone you presumably view classified and sensitive communiques on. great
— SeanSpicer’s Mic (@Spicerlies) June 10, 2017
Seems to me the average citizen has better mobile security protocols in place than the White House. Which isn’t saying much.
— Chris Davis (@tweakyourpc) June 10, 2017
Some doubted Sanders’ explanation.
Your toddler bypassed your password/fingerprint lock, opened the Twitter app, changed the keyboard to emojis, & sent it? Right.
— KoolaidUSA (@KoolaidUSA) June 10, 2017
The hypocrisy regarding attacks on Hillary Clinton for electronic security arose again, too.
You don’t have a lock on your phone? Right. But her emails…
— Brian Santa Maria (@briansantamaria) June 10, 2017
— Melindesign (@Melindesign) June 10, 2017
— Cathy Salustri (@CathySalustri) June 10, 2017
In fact, failure to recognize that type of security risk should cost Sanders her job, many offered.
You’re compromising our national security by leaving your White House communications tools unsecured & should resign immediately. #AMJoy
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) June 10, 2017
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Sends Coded Message Blames it on Her 3 Year Old. ..Pull Her Security Clearance Immediately
— Linda Kennedy (@Bulldawg2482) June 10, 2017
None of this is funny. The country is suffering and your boss is going to get us all killed. Do your job or step aside.
— Julie Silver (@JulieAnnSilver) June 10, 2017
If Hillary’s press secretary left her unlocked phone around where a 3 year old could get it, you’d want her fired right? Will you resign?
— The Antic Atheist (@TheAnticAtheist) June 10, 2017
About six weeks ago in early May, Sanders – daughter of former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee – began filling in for official White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
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