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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Wants to Leave the White House But She’s Unable to Find Anyone to Hire Her

Back in June it was reported that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her deputy press secretary Raj Shah were reportedly looking to leave the White House at the end of 2018. Now, even as her role has diminished within the West Wing, Sanders doesn’t appear to be preparing to leave, and reportedly, that’s because she’s having a hard time finding anywhere else to work.

According to MSN, Sanders claimed to be “traveling” when they reached out to her about the rumors of her impending exit and didn’t respond after they sent her details about the story they were developing. Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah, who was also supposed to be out of the White House by the end of the year, has also been cryptic about his future plans. However, he has changed his job title to “communications adviser.”

Sanders has interviewed with various companies and “everybody’s told her no. Sarah can’t find work. … Raj can’t find work either,” said a former transition team member.

“What company would want to hire them?” the former official asked.

It’s rather surprising that these two are having trouble finding word considering all the claims by their administration that unemployment rates have plunged under Trump thanks to all the great jobs that have come out of the post-recession economy.

Nobody seems to know exactly what those two have been up to recently, because it certainly hasn’t been their jobs. White House journalists have become increasingly frustrated with the lack of briefings from Sanders and Shah. The press secretary is supposed to give daily briefings on the activity of the president and his administration – it’s been that way for decades. But in recent months, these have declined into monthly 15-minute briefings that end in Sanders walking away while the press demands that she does her job.

Naturally, people are not finding a lot of sympathy for Sanders or her struggles to find new employment.

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