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Twitter roasts deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders for emoji-filled tweet

By Thomas Oide

toide@sacbee.com
White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Monday, June 5, 2017, in Washington. Sanders discussed Trump's travel ban, health care, former FBI Director James Comey testifying to Congress and other topics. On Saturday, June 10, 2017, Sanders’ son tweeted a series of incoherent emojis and letters.
White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Monday, June 5, 2017, in Washington. Sanders discussed Trump's travel ban, health care, former FBI Director James Comey testifying to Congress and other topics. On Saturday, June 10, 2017, Sanders’ son tweeted a series of incoherent emojis and letters. Andrew Harnik AP

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders had her phone stolen on Saturday morning. Fortunately, the culprit was her 3-year-old son.

However, by the time Sanders got her phone back, the damage was already done. Her son tweeted a series of emojis and incoherent letters and symbols. The deputy press secretary tweeted an explanation about an hour later. By Saturday afternoon, the tweet had more than 3,000 retweets.

Even though Sanders explained herself, Twitter users had no mercy on Saturday afternoon:

This story was originally published June 10, 2017 at 11:29 AM with the headline "Twitter roasts deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders for emoji-filled tweet."

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