Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks to CNN (screen grab)
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders cancelled a scheduled interview on Fox News after twenty minutes of intense online mockery.
Fox News had hyped on Twitter that Sanders would make an appearance with The Daily Briefing host Dana Perino, who had served as press secretary during the George W. Bush administration.
The network then deleted their tweet hyping the appearance after a brief period of intense backlash.
Perino tweeted that Sanders had "been pulled into a meeting" and would be unavailable.
Actually we just found out she’s been pulled into a meeting and won’t be on after all. But @AriFleischer will be! https://t.co/s4BM5p6EuN— Dana Perino (@Dana Perino) 1530034827.0
Between the announcement and the announcement of the cancellation, many people mocked Sanders for not holding a press briefing and instead going on Fox News.
Here's some of the best analysis of the situation:
Sarah had to cancel. Fox deleted its tweet. https://t.co/3g6yHrjFug— Jennifer Jacobs (@Jennifer Jacobs) 1530035209.0
On day when there is no scheduled press briefing. https://t.co/FBu4a0Zdb9— Annie Karni (@Annie Karni) 1530034583.0
right, and instead: @PressSec Sarah Sanders joins @DanaPerino to discuss the Supreme Court ruling on @POTUS' travel… https://t.co/57CyYhmJ7N— Dennis Herring (@Dennis Herring) 1530034732.0
@DanaPerino @AriFleischer Maybe you’ll meet up with her later and go out to dinner. Might prove interesting.— johnny dollar (@johnny dollar) 1530034978.0
