Tag Archives: Sean Spicer

The Hill reports: White House press secretary Sean Spicer demanded an apology from The New York Times for publishing an article containing eye-opening details about President Trump’s earliest days in office, even disputing whether the president owns a bathrobe. “That report was so riddled with inaccuracies and lies that they owe the president an apology,” Spicer told reporters aboard Air …

Mediaite reports: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has taken the Trump administration’s hostility towards the opposition one step further by saying that those protesting President Donald Trump’s refugee ban/travel ban/travel restrictions are demonstrators paid to be there and not legitimately against the ban. In an interview with Brian Kilmeade of Fox News Channel’s “Fox and Friends” that aired on …

Extra reports: On Sunday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer spoke to “Extra’s” AJ Calloway exclusively at the Super Bowl in Houston. The White House Press Secretary gave his take on Melissa McCarthy’s impression of him in a surprise “SNL” skit, in which McCarthy poked fun at his tightly wound demeanor in press conferences. Explaining that he’d first heard about …

The Hill reports: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Monday defended President Trump’s executive order on immigration after a federal judge issued a ruling halting the order. “The law is very clear that the president has broad powers to keep this country safe and limit access to people that can come into this country,” Spicer told Fox News. “He …

The Washington Post raves: NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” has no shortage of white guys to play White House press secretary Sean Spicer. But this week producers went outside of their cast roster to fill the role with a guest appearance by Melissa McCarthy — who absolutely crushed it. McCarthy displayed her commanding comedic presence as a fed-up, unhinged Spicer who …

Will Sean Spicer address the Bowling Green Massacre? Will he escalate the verbal war on our allies? Will he advance the possible literal war on Iran? Will the vomitous Milo get a question? Watch below.

Seth Meyers and his near-nightly Closer Look segment has become must-see TV. The Daily Beast recaps: As President Donald Trump’s second week in office comes to a close, Seth Meyers told viewers Thursday night that it has been “as chaotic as his first.” And nothing was more bizarre than Trump’s introduction to Black History Month on Wednesday. “Trump commemorated Black …

Keen News Service reports: Asked whether the draft in circulation is one being considered by President Trump, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said at a White House briefing Thursday, “Right now, there are no executive orders we are able to read out.” He added, however, that there are a “lot of ideas being floated out,” and “input and ideas” being provided …

The Hill reports: President Trump said Wednesday people could call his executive order barring refugees and people from seven predominately Muslim countries from entering the U.S. whatever they’d like amid questions over whether the measure is a “ban.” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Tuesday said the president’s executive order is not a “travel ban.” Spicer blamed the media …

Politico reports: White House press secretary Sean Spicer insisted on Tuesday at his daily briefing that the executive order signed by the president last week does not constitute a “travel ban.” Just over an hour earlier, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said the same. Those statements put both men at odds with their boss, President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly …

At today’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer dodged a question from Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson about reports of an impending anti-LGBT executive order. Johnson: “The LGBT group the Human Rights Campaign has issued a statement citing rumors that the president is about to sign a religious freedom executive order that would undermine LGBT rights. Is this …

The Hill reports: White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Sunday that President Donald Trump is doing what he said he would do during the campaign, referencing recent executive orders on immigration and the refugee vetting process. “This is nothing new,” Spicer told ABC’s “This Week.” “President Trump talked about this throughout the campaign and throughout the transition.” “They …

Via Mediaite: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer expressed to Sean Hannity tonight [last night] that he gets “frustrated” with liberal media “double standards” and a propensity to immediately assume he’s lying. Hannity spoke with Spicer about liberal bias in the press and WikiLeaks exposing communications between members of the press and the Clinton campaign, with Spicer saying that it’s …

The Hill reports: President Trump stands by his belief that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 presidential election, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday. The spokesman doubled down on the false claim after the president raised it Monday night during a reception with congressional leaders. “The president does believe that. He has stated that before,” Spicer …

Via Mediaite: A White House source tells Axios that despite only days on the job, Donald Trump‘s senior staff is already looking for someone to replace press secretary Sean Spicer. Politico Playbook alum Mike Allen writes, “This West Wing is a tough neighborhood. Even AFTER Sean Spicer’s successful get-back-on-the-horse presser yesterday, I’m told that a top White House official was …

This should prove highly entertaining. CNN reports: Press secretary Sean Spicer will meet the White House press corps again at 1:30 p.m. Monday. What will the correspondents ask? What will Spicer say? Will people believe him? Monday could be a career-defining moment for Spicer, a Washington veteran with decades of public relations experience. Reporters were astonished on Saturday when Spicer …

Venerable newsman Dan Rather has gone viral with a rant posted yesterday to his Facebook page. Here it is in full: These are not normal times. These are extraordinary times. And extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. When you have a spokesperson for the president of the United States wrap up a lie in the Orwellian phrase “alternative facts”… When …

Kellyanne Conway appeared on Meet The Press this morning where she battled Chuck Todd in her defense of Sean Spicer’s ridiculous lies about the crowds at Friday’s inauguration. Conway: “Don’t be so overly dramatic about it, Chuck. You’re saying it’s a falsehood. Our press secretary, Sean Spicer, gave alternative facts to that.” After Todd continued to press her about the …

Talking Points Memo reports: White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday accused the media of misrepresenting the crowd at Donald Trump’s inauguration in order to dampen enthusiasm for the event. “This was the largest audience ever to witness an inauguration, period,” Spicer said with emphasis. “Both in person and around the globe.” He accused the media of “deliberately false …

Raw Story reports: Incoming White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer took time out of his first official press conference on Thursday to “encourage” people to visit Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C. hotel. Although Trump has said that he has turned his business over to his sons, he reportedly made a visit to the Trump International Hotel on Wednesday. At Spicer’s press …