Over Thanksgiving, CNN political analyst and American Urban Radio Networks White House Correspondent April Ryan got in a spat with press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders over whether the press secretary actually baked the chocolate pecan pie she tweeted.
I️ dont cook much these days, but managed this Chocolate Pecan Pie for Thanksgiving at the family farm! pic.twitter.com/rO8nFxtly7
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) November 23, 2017
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
Twitter users appeared be pretty impressed with Sanders's pie, expressing skepticism she actually baked it. So many memes were shared expressing as much that Twitter created a "moment" of them.
Baked this cake for Thanksgiving pic.twitter.com/er56anIFRv
— Coop® (@ItMeCoop) November 24, 2017
I built this over the weekend pic.twitter.com/iNXet5BEkx
— Coop® (@ItMeCoop) November 24, 2017
Sanders responded to Ryan by saying she would make her a pie, adding the hashtags #RealPie and #FakeNews.
Don’t worry @AprilDRyan because I’m nice I’ll bake one for you next week #RealPie #FakeNews 😉 https://t.co/5W3mGbKs4J
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) November 24, 2017
Ryan garnered attention earlier this year after an exchange with former press secretary Sean Spicer. She recently asked Sanders if the Trump administration believed slavery is wrong. After being ignored the first time, Ryan asked again, to which Sanders said the question was "disgusting."