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‘Stop telling women to smile’: Internet lambasts Sarah Sanders for sexist attack on Nancy Pelosi’s SOTU reaction
Nancy Pelosi and Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Photo: Screen capture)

‘Stop telling women to smile’: Internet lambasts Sarah Sanders for sexist attack on Nancy Pelosi’s SOTU reaction

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:

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