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Press Secretary Sean Spicer's longevity.

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How long will Press Secretary Sean Spicer last?

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Say what you will about Spicer, but the man gives me a strong sense of hope.

If a man like Spicer can get a great job, any body can. Including me. 🙂
 
I've been too busy at work to take time out to watch the "shows"... otherwise, I know there's been plenty to say about his "performances" based on what I'm catching elsewhere.

I'm astounded he wants to continue doing it, regardless of what Trump thinks.
 
Gryz said:
Three weeks of no posts in this thread. Spicer is here to stay.

Trump's view on Spicer: “the guy gets great ratings.”
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Well...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sean-spicer-future-white-house-104300316.html

Sean Spicer future as White House Press Secretary 'in doubt over handling of James Comey firing'
Sean Spicer future as White House Press Secretary 'in doubt over handling of James Comey firing'

Mr Spicer, whose press appearances have been plagued by multiple gaffes, has been temporarily dropped from running his daily press briefings and will be replaced by Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders for the entirety of this week.

According to White House insiders, the general perception is Mr Spicer has been “benched” during a massively decisive week which has seen the White House subject to heavy scrutiny over the sacking of Mr Comey.


According to another White House official, Ms Sanders, who appears altogether more composed and polished than her boss so far, offered a “significant contrast” during her first briefing on Wednesday and Mr Spicer’s hiatus “could not have come at a worse time for him”.

Mr Spicer is carrying out Navy Reserve duty, where he has served as a commander for almost twenty years, during his time off from press duties. One source said: “He has taken his Navy duties very seriously in all the time I've known him. So if he's on duty, he's on duty, and I wouldn't read more into that in itself.“

But many argue Mr Spicer, the 30th White House press secretary, has been steadily losing his credibility since taking up the role. The 45-year-old has drawn criticism for how he handled the termination of Mr Comey – he reportedly hid behind bushes near the White House as reporters attempted to question him about it.

Washington Post[/a] story, a colourful descriptive piece, has been amended to reflect that Mr Spicer was hiding "among" the bushes rather than "in the bushes".

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Mr Spicer's blunder is by no means his first. Mr Spicer’s career has been beset with a series of gaffes which arguably began during his first press briefing when he contradicted available evidence and claimed President Trump drew “the largest audience ever to witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe”. Senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway later sought to justify his explanation as providing the media with “alternative facts”, while Mr Spicer himself was forced to apologise, saying he has been given bad information.

Mr Spicer, who once called Canadian President Justin Trueau “Joe” in a briefing, also drew fierce criticism after he claimed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was guilty of worse acts than Adolf Hitler and Hitler, who gassed millions of Jews in the Holocaust, did not use chemical weapons. He also came under fire after he cited an uncorroborated Fox News report to allege British security services helped Barack Obama spy on Mr Trump when was President-elect.

For this reason, there is speculation around whether Mr Spicer could find himself added to the list of high-ranking people Mr Trump has fired. This includes acting Attorney General Sally Yates, former National Security Adviser, Mike Flynn, and most recently Mr Comey.

His substitute, Ms Sanders, on the other hand, is starting from a clean slate. The 34-year-old was a senior advisor on Mr Trump’s presidential campaign, working on communications centred towards gun rights supporters, military groups, faith leaders and other alliances. She joined the campaign after her father, the former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee whose presidential campaign she had helped manage, pulled his hat out of the ring.
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I'm kind of surprised he's lasted this long...whether by firing...or quitting in disgust, I expected him to be gone long ago.
 
WSJ says Trump is considering dumping Spicer.

Maybe not news, per se, since I imagine like everyone who ever dated him, they are constantly considering it.
 
jackstar7 said:
WSJ says Trump is considering dumping Spicer.

Maybe not news, per se, since I imagine like everyone who ever dated him, they are constantly considering it.
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Why does everybody pick on him and parse his every word? Why can't they get their message straight.

Old saying: What a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive.
 
jackstar7 said:
McCarthy driving the podium down a NY street is a thing that happened... expect to see it whenever you watch it DVR'd.
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Last week I was thinking that Spicer would go off to the week of Guard duty and just not come back. Now Sarah Huckabee has been so horrible and uninformed that she may have thrown Spicy a lifeline. What an absolute harridan, and so young to have reached that point.
 
wirelessenabled said:
Last week I was thinking that Spicer would go off to the week of Guard duty and just not come back. Now Sarah Huckabee has been so horrible and uninformed that she may have thrown Spicy a lifeline. What an absolute harridan, and so young to have reached that point.
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When you consider what a fuckwad her father is...it shouldn't come as a surprise that she's unable to to come across as intelligent and informed.
 
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