The Great Smoky Mountain Journal

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Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 07:27 PM

Reporter Who Demanded Proof Press Secretary Sanders Actually Baked Cake Now Complaining She Didn't Get Invited To White House Christmas Party

A reporter who demanded proof that White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders actually baked a chocolate pecan pie for Thanksgiving has complained this week about not being invited to the White House media Christmas party.

April Ryan, Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks, told the Washington Post that she had "given up trying to figure out why" she wasn't invited to Friday's event, but noted President Donald Trump "has the right to invite whoever he wants. He chose not to invite me. I’m good.”

AprilDRyan
@AprilDRyan
Thank you for your kind words on not getting a Trump Christmas party invite. But, I was not the only White House Correspondent who covers the beat daily that did not get an invite to the party. I am sad for them especially as I did not plan to go anyway but others wanted to.

"I don’t think I was overlooked," Ryan told the paper. "I think they don't like me. For whatever reason, they have disdain for me."

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Ryan needled Sanders for the picture the press secretary posted of the pie, which was taken from overhead on a white background.