How #piegate is the latest example of the Trump administration’s credibility being called into question

The following article by Kurtis Lee was posted on the Los Angeles Times website November 25, 2017:

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes reporters’ questions at a news conference in the White House briefing room this month. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Did she bake the pie or not?

It’s a question only White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders can answer. It’s also a sign of where our polarizing politics have taken us in 2017.

In a year when questions about possible Russian collusion, voter fraud and the legitimacy of a proposed travel ban have clouded President Trump’s administration, the political discourse is now — briefly — centered on a holiday culinary ritual.

On Thursday, Sanders tweeted a photo of a chocolate pecan pie with a brief message:

“I dont cook much these days, but managed this Chocolate Pecan Pie for Thanksgiving at the family farm!” Continue reading “How #piegate is the latest example of the Trump administration’s credibility being called into question”