White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has some advice for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, after the California Democrat social media comments poking fun at the scowls she was making during President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address.
Smile more often.
"I think Nancy Pelosi looks like that all the time," Sanders told CNN's "New Day" co-host Chris Cuomo.
"I think she should smile a lot more often. I think the country would be better for it. She seems to kind of embody the bitterness that belongs in the Democrat Party right now."
Pelosi scowled often while Trump spoke, but it was her version of what some Twitter users called her "not impressed face" was what sparked memes that compared her to Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney, including this one posted by New York Times chief metro political correspondent Shane Goldmacher:
Sanders said she hopes Democrats can let go of some of their bitterness.
"They need to make a big decision," she said. "They need to decide do they love America more than they hate this president, and are they willing to put some of those differences aside, come together and do what's right for this country."
Cuomo, though, told Sanders that Pelosi "has argued on this set that it is righteous indignation you see coming from her."
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