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Add to the list of groups the president and his staff have offended: the Girl Scouts of America. Yes, the same group that put patriotism ahead of politics and took heat for marching in his inauguration.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders stereotyped Girl Scouts as egg-throwing hooligans when explaining why the president was skipping the White House Correspondents Dinner and fundraiser.

She said, "You know, one of the things we say in the South [is] 'If a Girl Scout egged your house, would you buy cookies from her?' I think that this is a pretty similar scenario."

Yes, it's that old familiar cliche every Southerner knows.

She made the statement Sunday on ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanapoulos, and some Girl Scouts have been raging mad since then.

Possibly mad enough to egg the White House, but probably not.

Stephanopoulos didn't let her statement rest, replying, "I think a lot would argue the eggs have gone both ways on that. But we're going to have to leave it there today."

But the Girl Scouts are not happy leaving it there.

Girl Scout leadership groups on Facebook are outraged, and if President Trump were to buy cookies, rest assured, they would not wrap them up in nice little bows with a thank you note for him. But, they're Girl Scouts, so they probably practice magnanimity and still get him his Thin Mints.

On Facebook, Debra Johnson Pendleton wrote Monday, "Girl Scouts are not known for throwing eggs. They are GIRL SCOUTS!"

Supporter Deb Williams asked, "Do girl scouts egg houses in the south?"

Sanders, the daughter of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, has not responded to the criticism.

Coincidentally, the White House and Girl Scouts have a long and usually amicable history. The first lady has long since been given the title of honorary national president of the Girl Scouts.

Michelle Obama had the title last, and it began in 1917 with First Lady Edith B. Wilson beginning the tradition.

A Change.org petition is trying to prevent Melania Trump from receiving the title, calling her unfit for the model of leadership the Girl Scouts hope to emulate.

So far, there's no word on whether the title will be bestowed on the current first lady. Calls to the White House have not been returned.

What a contrived fuss over nothing.

MajGenl.Meade wrote:What a contrived fuss over nothing.

BoSoxGal wrote:Right, it's nothing to slur the Girl Scouts of America. Or anybody else you feel like casting aspersions on in your Presidential administration incompetence.

BoSoxGal wrote:And that's how the bar of civility is lowered further and further . . .

rubato wrote:The real reason is that Trump was whupped hard and humiliated at the WH Cor. dinner and he's still not over it.


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