White House correspondent and CNN political analyst April Ryan said she won't be attending a farewell event organized by two members of the White House press corps for White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sarah Elizabeth SandersSarah Sanders on Trump's reported war dead criticism: 'Those comments didn't happen' Sarah Sanders memoir reportedly says Trump joked she should hook up with Kim Jong Un McEnany stamps her brand on White House press operation MORE Sanders on Monday in Washington, D.C.



"I won't be there!" Ryan told Newsweek about the upcoming event at a D.C. restaurant.

President Trump announced on June 13 that Sanders was stepping down as press secretary after nearly two years serving as the president's top spokeswoman. Sanders, the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), replaced Sean Spicer Sean Michael SpicerKellyanne Conway to leave White House at end of month Pro-Trump duo Diamond and Silk launch new program on Newsmax TV The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Supreme Court's unanimous decision on the Electoral College MORE in July 2017.

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Ryan and Sanders clashed often during briefings and on Twitter, including during the 2017 Thanksgiving holiday in which Ryan questioned whether Sanders actually baked a pecan pie featured in a photo she shared on Twitter.

I am not trying to be funny but folks are already saying #piegate and #fakepie Show it to us on the table with folks eating it and a pic of you cooking it. I am getting the biggest laugh out of this. I am thankful for this laugh on Black Friday! https://t.co/ifeSBlSZW7 — AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) November 24, 2017

HuffPost reported on Thursday that two reporters, Politico's Anita Kumar and the Daily Mail's Francesca Chambers, began inviting reporters and some administration staffers for "farewell drinks" for Sanders, who hasn't held a daily briefing in more than 100 days.