Posted on 07/29/2017 2:51:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The 9-year-old boy whose letter to President Trump was read during a press briefing last week has plans to tour the White House — after the President accepted his handwritten friend request.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders read the letter from Dylan Harbin last week, kicking off a new White House tradition of reading mail from “some of the forgotten men, women and children that we are here to serve and that the President is fighting for.”
Appearing on Fox and Friends, Dylan’s mother, SuAnn Harbin, said the pair will “definitely” take the White House up on its offer to have them tour Trump’s residence.
Their television appearance dismissed suspicions held by some that Dylan, nicknamed “Pickle,” was not real and that the letter had been faked. “Theres no way a 9 year old boy wrote that. I work with kids and any kid who is called Pickle and wants to be buddies with Trump aint real,” a social media user wrote on Twitter.
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Dylan told Fox News anchors that he had written the President “because I wanted him to be my friend.”
His mother said she had not influenced her son.
“It was all him. He did everything,” she said.
SuAnn said her son is “so excited” that the White House responded to the letter.
She also added that they received little warning before Sanders read the letter publicly.
“It was a complete surprise. We were at a Giants game and they had called right before we went in to the stadium and they said, ‘Hi, this is so and so from the White House and we’re calling to let you know that we received Pickle’s letter and that they’re going to read it at the press conference in about 20 minutes,’” she told Fox News.
A couple years ago, if clock-boy had brought his “clock” to the white house instead of to school — would the white house have let him bring it in?
Cute kid. He became very shy once on TV.
How long until the balke madcow and the rest start making fun of this kid?
If Barron is OK as a target, then all little kids are OK to these vile scum.
there was a thread on FR last week stating how the vast majority of generation Z will be Republicans and conservatives...i relayed the story of how my 13YO daughter was the first and most ardent Trump supporter in my house...this is further proof the prediction of generation Z may come to fruition...
This will drive the libs bonkers!!
The Donald is NOT supposed to be treated nicely or with respect.
That kid was so cute! They nick named him pickle because his mom ate jars of pickles when she was pregnant with him
This refreshing slice of Americana is something the libs can’t tolerate. They’ve worked decades to destroy such unabashed innocence.
It’s a complete foreign concept to them, now.
Congrats on your new friend, Pickle!!
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