Yanny or laurel? Trump, Pence, Sanders, Conway and others weigh in

ByDanny Clemens WPVI logo
Friday, May 18, 2018
Forget laurel and yanny, Trump hears covfefe
President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Ivanka Trump, Kellyanne Conway, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and Dan Scavino are just some of the White House officials to weigh in on the laurel vs. yanny debate.

WASHINGTON -- The most divisive debate in the country has made its way to President Donald Trump.

But when asked about whether he heard "laurel" or "yanny" in that now-viral clip from a vocabulary website, Trump threw expectation to the wind, quipping that he heard "covfefe."

That, of course, is a reference to an apparent typo that the president tweeted nearly a year ago that similarly left the nation scratching its head.

Other top members of Trump's administration also weighed in on the debate in a video tweeted by the White House, and many took the opportunity to poke some fun at themselves.

"It's 'laurel,' but I could deflect and divert to 'yanny' if you need me to," Kellyanne Conway joked.

Sarah Sanders, a member of #TeamYanny, said those who heard "laurel" were "getting [their] information from CNN, because that's fake news."

And as for Vice President Mike Pence, he was left with one big question: "Who's Yanny?"

What do you hear?
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