Nancy Pelosi and Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Photo: Screen capture)
A Wednesday interview with Sarah Huckabee Sanders prompted women to take to Twitter and call out the White House press secretary for embracing the sexist trope that women should smile more.
During the interview with Chris Cuomo, Sanders called out Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and said that she should "smile more." The demand is often referenced by women as a demand primarily made by men to look pretty and feel what they want them to feel.
Twitter went nuts:
Referring to Nancy Pelosi, Sarah Huckabee Sanders says on CNN: “I think she should smile a lot more often. I think… https://t.co/GsedIDvvtV— Jennifer Jacobs (@Jennifer Jacobs) 1517404749.0
Nancy Pelosi "should smile a lot more often," @presssec says on CNN. "I think the country would be better for it."— Jennifer Epstein (@Jennifer Epstein) 1517404138.0
Sarah Sanders thinks Pelosi “should smile a lot more often”??? Because... you know... women who smile are more attr… https://t.co/ZxsXBe3fGo— Media Baldwin (@Media Baldwin) 1517404751.0
I think Sarah Huckabee Sanders should lie less. I think the country would be better for it. https://t.co/iZrozlNED4— The Volatile Mermaid (@The Volatile Mermaid) 1517404208.0
Sarah Sanders telling Nancy Pelosi to smile more is just the embodiment of everything wrong with the GOP.— Jami Buchanan (@Jami Buchanan) 1517404982.0
Sarah Sanders, on CNN with Chris Cuomo, just said that Nancy Pelosi 'always looks like that' and 'should smile more… https://t.co/6CbT45AiDW— Funky Cold Edema🌊 (@Funky Cold Edema🌊) 1517404925.0
Omg Sarah Sanders just said Nancy Pelosi needs to smile more. Jesus. You can go fuck right off.— Amy is Wearing a Mask (@Amy is Wearing a Mask) 1517403842.0
Sarah Sanders just said that “Nancy Pelosi should smile more.” On CNN. Fuck off. She doesn’t have to smile more. We… https://t.co/IRCKr80uV0— steph (@steph) 1517403951.0
In case anyone still thinks only men are the problem, @PressSec Sarah Sanders on @CNN just now: “I think… https://t.co/qzVQ7u3WEP— Emma Raviv (@Emma Raviv) 1517404051.0
Am I the only one that finds it appalling that Sarah Sanders said Nancy Pelosi should smile more?— mary ellen taylor (@mary ellen taylor) 1517404068.0
Gotta love the irony of Sarah Sanders, a woman whose face is set in a permanent scowl, saying that Nancy Pelosi "needs to smile more".— Joy to the Dead Sea Squirrel (@Joy to the Dead Sea Squirrel) 1517404143.0
She wants my rep to smile more. I want Sarah Sanders to lie less. I think the country would be better off for it. https://t.co/BRKk16uf5P— Susanne Hilty (@Susanne Hilty) 1517405806.0
Time to bust out my favorite gif ever: Smile for Sarah Sanders, ladies...do it for your country. https://t.co/HGZaNKpZtl— LeLu (@LeLu) 1517405671.0
1. The #hypocrisy 2. The #sexism - women are always told to "smile" 3. The #idiocy So Sarah HUCKSTER Sanders who h… https://t.co/AGRmYIKFN4— Kay Kendall (@Kay Kendall) 1517405581.0
@RawStory @TomWellborn Yikes! I think Sarah Sanders was talking about Melania not Nancy Pelosi when she said she needed to smile more.— Sisu Heart 🇫🇮🦅💙🇺🇸✊🏼🏳️🌈 (@Sisu Heart 🇫🇮🦅💙🇺🇸✊🏼🏳️🌈) 1517405965.0
@CNNPolitics @jaketapper I think Sarah Sanders should smile a lot more often ... she seems to kind of embody the b… https://t.co/O5bujsPjzV— Calee H. S. (human scum) 🐑🐑 (@Calee H. S. (human scum) 🐑🐑) 1517406275.0
