Sabrina Carpenter faces additional mockery from White House after original post disappears

Sabrina Carpenter is being targeted by the official White House account on X (formerly called Twitter) once again.

One of the Short n’ Sweet creator’s appearances on Saturday Night Live became the latest of her works to feature in a video shared by the American government on social media, after previously using her track Juno in a separate post, to widespread controversy.

In the latest clip, the singer-songwriter can be heard saying “I think I might need to arrest someone for being too illegal,” with her original audio, which said “too hot”, being dubbed over with the White House’s version.

As Marcello Hernández, comedian and SNL cast member accompanying Carpenter in the video replies, “Oh well, I turn myself in,” she points at the camera and says, “You’re under arrest!” followed by a compilation of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chasing and detaining immigrant citizens.

Variety noted that Hernández is a “highly popular Latino cast member” from SNL, with his presence in the latest post drawing parallels with ICE notoriously targeting various civilians from the same ethnic background.

Earlier this week, the White House account received a stern response from the Grammy winning artist after her popular song was used as the audio in a similarly controversial post.

“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” she had replied underneath the footage featuring civilian arrests, to millions of likes on the platform, with the government entity later deleting the post altogether.

Spokesperson for the establishment’s office, Abigail Jackson defended White House’s initial post in a statement to CNN.

“Here’s a Short n’ Sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter: we won’t apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country. Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?” said the message.

Sabrina Carpenter’s response to the White House followed a similar vein set by Olivia Rodrigo earlier this year, with many other musicians separating themselves from being associated with the current American administration under Donald Trump as well.