It's a big week to train Trump White House press secretaries.
A day after her predecessor, Sean Spicer, was revealed to join the season 28 Dancing with the Stars, Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been announced as a new contributor at Fox News.
According to a press release issued by the network, the Sanders will provide "political commentary and analysis" across Fox News outlets, beginning with an appearance on Fox & Friends on Sept. 6.
It is the first role for Sanders since his departure from the White House at the end of June. White House press secretary by Stephanie Grisham, train communications director for first lady Melania Trump.
"Fox News has been published in the United States of America for the first time in the United States.
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White House spokesman Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2017. US President Donald Trump has no plans or intentions to change special counsel probing possible collusion in Russia's effort to sway the 2016 presidential elections.The insurance came into play after Robert Mueller's special advises against trump campaign aids, including training chairman Paul Manafort.'The president said last week, and there are several times before, there is no intention to make any changes in White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders said. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / Getty Images)
White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivered the press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, on Monday, June 5, 2017. (Photo by Cheriss May / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 27: Senior Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during a White House daily briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing House of the White House June 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. Huckabee Sanders stood in for Press Secretary Sean Spicer to host the daily press briefing. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. September 12, 2017. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst
White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders (L), White House senior advisor Jared Kushner (C) and White House chief of staff John Kelly (R) Donald Trump, President of the United States for Hurricane Harvey in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 1, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / Getty Images)
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 11, 2017. REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque
THE VIEW – In their first joint interview since the 2016 presidential election, Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her father, form Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee will appear on ABC's 'The View,' live WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017. 'The View' airs Monday- Friday (11:00 am-12: 00 pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network.
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White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders (L) and Thomas Homan, acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), hoold a briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 28, 2017. REUTERS / Yuri Gripas
Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders (L-R) holds the door for Press Secretary Sean Spicer and White House national security advisor H.R. McMaster to speak at the White House briefing in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2017. REUTERS / Joshua Roberts
White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. June 5, 2017. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry arrives at the White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders at the press briefing at the White House in WQashington, DC, on June 27, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / Getty Images)
(lr), White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders looks on, while Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator, delivered the press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room on the White House, on Monday, June 5, 2017. ( Photo by Cheriss May / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, May 10, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 9: White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks to reporters outside the West Wing after President Donald J. Trump is FBI Director James Comey at the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, May 09, 2017. (Photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 10: Reporters and members of the media have questions as Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 11: White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, speaking during press briefing on May 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. Sanders fielded questions about President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey. (Photo by Mark Wilson / Getty Images)
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 10, 2017. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 20, 2017. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 19: White House Chief of Staff John Kelly (L) waits to speak as secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders introduces him during a White House briefing October 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. Kelly spoke about the process of the military death, his own death in Afghanistan, and the controversy surrounding U.S. President Trump's phone calls to Gold Star families. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
White House Press Secretary Sarah H. Sanders takes questions during a briefing at the White House October 6, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Credit photo should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 05: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers questions during a briefing at the White House October 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. Sanders Responded to a number of issues related to the recent shooting in Las Vegas, and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House press secretary, takes questions during a White House press briefing in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. President Donald Trump and his spokeswoman on Friday, December 6, 2017 Made he while while while while while while while while while made made made made made made made made made made made Photographer: Chris Kleponis / Bloomberg via Getty Images
White House Press Secretary Sarah H. Sanders (L) and Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert talks outside the White House September 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Credit photo should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
THE VIEW – In their first joint interview since the 2016 presidential election, Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her father, form Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee will appear on ABC's 'The View,' live WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017. 'The View' airs Monday- Friday (11:00 am-12: 00 pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network.
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 18, 2017. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst
White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2017.
US President Donald Trump has 'no plan or intention' to change special counsel probing possible collusion in Russia's effort to sway the 2016 presidential elections. '' The President said last week, '' White House spokesman '' Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.
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WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 30: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers reporters' questions during a news conference in the Brady Press Room Briefing at the White House October 30, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his ex-business partner Rick Gates in the 2016 election. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 30: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers reporters' questions during a news conference in the Brady Press Room Briefing at the White House October 30, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his ex-business partner Rick Gates in the 2016 election. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
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Sanders is the daughter of Gov. Mike Huckabee, who also has ties to Fox News. His show, Huckabee, but he remains a Fox contributor.
As with Spicer's DWTS casting, Sanders' new career move has raised some eyebrows. That's probably no surprise given her contentious relationship with the media during her White House tenure, with which veteran journalist Sam Donaldson saying she deserves a "lifetime achievement Oscar for lying" – and was even asked to leave a restaurant because the owner objected to her politics.
She did, however, get props from her proud dad. Huckabee joked that his daughter – who is rumored to have aspirations of following in his footsteps as governor of Arkansas – would have "been voted off the island" had she taken a job with CNN.
Others joined joined in congratulating her.
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