Piegate Controversy Stirs Over Sanders' Pecan Pie Tweet

"Piegate" became the latest controversy on Capitol Hill when a member of the White House Press Corp questioned White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders' chocolate pecan pie.

Sanders, the daughter of former Arkansas governor and former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, posted on Thanksgiving that she had baked the pie with a photo of the item in question, Fox News noted.

I️ dont cook much these days, but managed this Chocolate Pecan Pie for Thanksgiving at the family farm! pic.twitter.com/rO8nFxtly7

— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) November 23, 2017

April Ryan, the White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief for the American Urban Radio Networks, and a CNN political analyst, appeared to challenge Sanders on the authenticity of the pie in her own Twitter post.

Show it to us on a table. https://t.co/ifeSBlSZW7

— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) November 24, 2017

I am not trying to be funny but folks are already saying #piegate and #fakepie Show it to us on the table with folks eating it and a pic of you cooking it. I am getting the biggest laugh out of this. I am thankful for this laugh on Black Friday! https://t.co/ifeSBlSZW7

— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) November 24, 2017

While Ryan continued to correspond to those on Twitter, some using the hashtags #piegate and #fakepie, Sanders responded, promising Ryan a pie of her own.

Don’t worry @AprilDRyan because I’m nice I’ll bake one for you next week #RealPie #FakeNews ;-) https://t.co/5W3mGbKs4J

— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) November 24, 2017

Journalist Victoria Namkung charged that Sanders stole the pie photo from a PBS webpage, according to Gizmodo, but ended up deleting her original tweet and apologizing for the error.

Hey guys, I deleted the pie tweet within minutes as soon as I realized it was wrong and explained where I saw the tweet in the first place. I truly apologize for the error. I’m a human and I made a mistake. Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving 🍁

— Victoria Namkung (@VictoriaNamkung) November 25, 2017

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