Did y’all know that we haven’t written about Sarah Palin in over two years? She was in the news a lot in 2022, when she tried and failed to sue the New York Times for libel, and kept wandering around New York unmasked while she was Covid-positive. Then she ran in a special congressional election in Alaska and lost… to a Democrat. Good times. It felt like after fourteen grim years in the public eye, Palin had tucked her tail between her legs and finally accepted that she was and is a huge political joke. But the rise, fall and rise again of Donald Trump has given Sarah Palin delusions of glamour. Apparently, she’s really mad that Trump hasn’t nominated her for a Cabinet position.
As Donald Trump quickly fills out his cabinet and top roles in his administration, Sarah Palin asks: Why not me? The former vice presidential candidate and governor of Alaska took to social media to share her frustration at not being selected for any role in the Trump administration.
On Sunday, Palin posted “And… another nominee announced!” on her Instagram story. She followed that up with a screenshot of a message a follower had sent her, which said, “What about you?” Palin thanked the fan in her post. She then posted a cryptic selfie with the caption: “Funny how politics work.”
Palin capped it off by posting a rant the same follower tagged her in.
“Currently, President elect Trump has named his secretaries for the VA, Energy, Interior and EPA administrator. Any one of these positions I hoped Sarah Palin would get,” the follower wrote, which Palin posted to Instagram and X. “Palin was Trump before Trump. I have been saying this for years. Sarah Palin is the Mother of MAGA. Back then [16 years ago], she was the face of the tea party, what would then become the MAGA movement. It is so shocking to me how in 2017, and now it looks like in 2025, she will not get a seat at the table that she helped set.”
Palin’s name has been notably absent from all short-lists for Trump cabinet picks. In 2016, Trump signaled that he was considering tapping Palin as interior secretary, but that never materialized. Now, Palin’s name isn’t in the conversation at all.
“Big tent, big party, but know your history so America can repeat the good parts,” Palin captioned the follower’s rant.
Completely excluding the fact that Sarah Palin is an idiot and a bum, I will acknowledge in a very narrow way that she actually has a point: Palin was the proto-Trump, the elevation of the worst of white grievance, white entitlement and white fragility. Trump largely used the Palin playbook, but of course he added even more hate, including profound sexism and violent misogyny which has seeped into all things MAGA. I even partly believe that Palin is a no-go in Trump’s administration simply because she’s a woman.
Big tent, big party, but know your history so America can repeat the good parts: https://t.co/cNzS5AbTLp pic.twitter.com/yx28cfKquD
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) November 17, 2024
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Sadly, tragically, there’s still time. F*ck.
Amen. And considering the goal of these nut job appointments is destroy each of the agencies from within, she’s actually highly qualified.
This.
😬There is still time.
On the other hand, Agent Orange really, really hates John McCain, and SP was JM’s veep candidate. That might be why he hasn’t chosen her yet and might still stay away.
@ML I wonder if you are giving him undeserved credit for retaining long term information and then acting on it.
John McCain also hated SP.
When Donald J. Trump thinks you’re too dumb to be in his clown car administration, that’s saying a lot, Sarah. (In no way defending Cheeto Nazi, but he has picked two women for his cabinet so far).
She can always paddle over to Russia.
Yes, yes…should be easy to find, since she can see it from her house.
Wow! Could it be even Trump has standards? Or have we not waited long enough? Maybe she could be appointed Ambassador to Russia–I mean, seeing as it would be just a stone’s throw from Alaska. We could save on her travel expenses…
One weird thing she did some years ago. She showed up at the Belmont Stakes at the last minute so the cameras could see her. One of the horses was named First Dude (who lost) and she thought this was in honor of her husband. She also used to be on Dancing with the Stars rooting for Bristol.
I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but she’s probably more qualified than most of the people he has nominated for cabinet positions already.
Ikr? She was the governor of a very large land mass state and could “see Russia from her house”. Justice for Sarah!
Governor for a minute, then quit to run as McCain’s Veep. Did she even finish her first year?
I mean, I feel like a lot of people would take her over RFK to run HHS or over Oz for CMS.
And thats without saying she has any type of experience in that type of agency or work, lol.
It’s just that the bar is that low.
A friend of mine noted: “The bar is now a tripping hazard in hell”
Her plastic surgeon did her dirty. Her chin was never do square as it is nice.
She looks bad.
SO dirty. Yikes.
(Randomly, should I ever get a Janet from the Good Place, “was that last Palin kid actually her daughter’s?” would definitely be on the first page of questions I’d ask.)
The phrase that comes to mind is, ” Rode hard, put away wet.”
Palin has no ties to Putin.
You’ve either found yourself on the wrong website, or you’re a Russian bot.
Maybe they mean, that’s why Palin hasn’t been nominated to a position? Because she’s not a Russian asset? (I have no idea if she is or not, but that’s how I read the comment)
Ah, @Zoe X, that would make sense.
Well she is certainly dumb enough. She is awful enough to fit right in.
Lets see…..she could be the director of the newly created office of brawlin’, snowmobilin’ and lack of sex education.
Has she kissed leader’s ring sufficiently? The answer is no.
Go away snowbilly. Go away.
Bingo. Sarah doesn’t have the slavish devotion that Trump requires.
He’s probably saving her for his next Supreme Court pick.
Well she does have a degree in communications from the University of Idaho…a perfect fit. /:-[
I would argue that she perfectly represents his core base, an unsophisticated country person. He wants and needs their votes and is able to grift them, but he doesn’t want to actually have to rub shoulders with them or have them in his daily orbit. That’s why she will never be part of his administration.
It’s bc Marjorie Taylor Green doesn’t like her and Trump wants to keep her happy right now bc she’s doing the loud distracting dirty work to rat fuck the house.