8/14/2020

2020 ELECTION/FAKE NEWS/JOE BIDEN/KAMALA HARRIS/MEDIA/SEAN SPICER: “Fake News will never change! RT @seanspicer Unreal – left wing operatives warn (aka threaten) the media ‘we will be watching you’ regarding their coverage of @KamalaHarris h/t @HeyTammyBruce – Democratic Party sets rules for criticizing Biden’s VP pick Kamala Harris“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2020 3:45 am […]

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3/5/2019

HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SEAN SPICER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday [3-5-19] that he plans to cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee’s probe into President Donald Trump…He is one of 81 individuals and entities that the committee sent letters to Monday requesting documents relating to the President’s campaign, businesses, transition and […]

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6/30/2018

SEAN SPICER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A friend of mine and a man who has truly seen politics and life as few others ever will, Sean Spicer, has written a great new book, ‘The Briefing: Politics, the Press and the President.’ It is a story told with both heart and knowledge. Really good, go get it!” -Donald […]

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1/5/2018

SEAN SPICER/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday [1-4-18] he is troubled that former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has not denied the statements attributed to him in a recent book about the early days of President Donald Trump’s tenure. ‘While he may continue to say he’s a […]

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11/10/2017

2016 ELECTION/SEAN SPICER: “When former White House press secretary Sean Spicer bragged in an election-night retrospective this week about his central role at Trump Tower that night, some of his former colleagues did something very Spicer-like: They flipped out. In the oral history published Tuesday by GQ Magazine, Spicer recalled of the historic day: ‘A […]

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10/17/2017

FBI/ROBERT MUELER/RUSSIA/SEAN SPICER: “President Donald Trump’s former press secretary Sean Spicer met with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team on Monday [10-16-17] for an interview that lasted much of the day, according to multiple people familiar with the meeting. During his sitdown, Spicer was grilled about the firing of former FBI director James Comey and his […]

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8/4/2017

SEAN SPICER: “Sean Spicer, who resigned as White House press secretary on July 21, is not formally leaving the White House until the end of August. But, with television networks allegedly clamoring for his services, he is now being represented by high-powered attorney Bob Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Barnett is a partner at […]

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8/1/2017

TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “Sean Spicer still plans to leave the White House in late August, a senior White House official said on Tuesday [8-1-17], ending speculation that he might stay on after the firing of former communications director Anthony Scaramucci. President Donald Trump’s decision to hire Scaramucci less than two weeks ago prompted Spicer to […]

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7/21/2017

TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, resigned on Friday [7-21-17] morning, telling President Trump he vehemently disagreed with the appointment of New York financier Anthony Scaramucci as communications director. Mr. Trump offered Mr. Scaramucci the job at 10 a.m. The president requested that Mr. Spicer stay on, but Mr. Spicer told […]

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6/23/2017

MEDIA/SEAN SPICER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House has been prohibiting cameras at some press briefings, so on Friday [6-23-17] CNN got creative and sent a sketch artist. Bill Hennessy, the network’s regular sketch artist for Supreme Court proceedings, headed over to the White House on Friday afternoon and drew Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s afternoon briefing. […]

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6/21/2017

FBI/JAMES COMEY/SEAN SPICER: “White House press briefings are a running conversation — for now, anyway. President Trump is mulling drastic changes that could include reducing the frequency of briefings to once a week and requiring reporters to submit written questions, according to the New York Times. Trump previously floated the possibility of scrapping the briefings […]

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6/19/2017

MEDIA/REINCE PREIBUS/SEAN SPICER: “White House press secretary Sean Spicer is leading a search for his own replacement at the briefing room podium as part of a larger plan to shake up the White House communications operations, according to two people with knowledge of the effort. Last week, Spicer and White House chief of staff Reince […]

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6/6/2017

TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “On Sunday night, the White House sent out its daily schedule — as it does every day. Except, one thing was different: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, rather than her ostensible boss, Sean Spicer, would be giving the daily press briefing on Monday [6-5-17]. The White House sought to play the substitution as a […]

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5/25/2017

POPE FRANCIS/TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “The most visible moment for White House press secretary Sean Spicer on President Donald Trump’s first foreign trip this week was a moment of invisibility. Spicer fumed to colleagues after being excluded from the President’s meeting with Pope Francis, an administration official told CNN on Thursday [5-25-17]. He was eagerly anticipating […]

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5/18/2017

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “President Donald Trump is considering scaling back White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s public role, according to several officials familiar with the president’s thinking, as Trump also weighs a broader shakeup of his communications shop in the wake of several scandals. The press secretary, who has turned into a household […]

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4/24/2017

TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “Weekday afternoons at 1:30, it’s the can’t-miss Sean Spicer Show. President Trump refuses to axe his harried, gaffe-prone press secretary because his daily briefings are ratings gold, an insider told the Washington Post for a story published Sunday. ‘I’m not firing Sean Spicer,’ Trump reportedly said during a White House lunch last […]

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04/12/2017

TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday [4-12-17] that his gaffe about Adolf Hitler’s use of gas had distracted from President Donald Trump’s accomplishments. ‘I’ve let the president down,’ Spicer told MSNBC’s Greta Van Susteren during a forum at Washington, D.C.’s Newseum. Spicer said he has not spoken to the president […]

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04/11/2017

NANCY PELOSI/POLITICS/TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called for the firing of White House press secretary Sean Spicer following his comments he made Tuesday [4-11-17] at his briefing related to Adolf Hitler and the use chemical weapons. ‘While Jewish families across America celebrate Passover, the chief spokesman of this White House is downplaying […]

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04/11/2017

RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “White House press secretary Sean Spicer, in an effort to shame Russia’s alliance with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his use of chemical weapons, said Tuesday [4-11-17] Adolf Hitler ‘didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons’ during World War II. While Hitler did not use chemical weapons on the battlefield, Hitler and […]

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04/10/2017

FOREIGN POLICY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “White House press secretary Sean Spicer said twice Monday [4-10-17] that the Trump administration will respond if the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad uses barrel bombs against his own people, something that’s been a regular occurrence in the six-year civil war. ‘If you gas a baby, if you […]

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04/04/2017

MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “Veteran radio reporter April Ryan’s run-ins with the White House in recent weeks have turned her into a kind of symbol. But it’s not exactly clear what kind. After press secretary Sean Spicer responded sharply to Ryan’s question at a daily briefing last week, Hillary Clinton suggested the episode demonstrates how women […]

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3/20/2017

OBAMA/SEAN SPICER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House got stuck in the rough Monday [3-20-17] after President Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended his boss’s frequent golf outings by claiming the commander-in-chief uses the game differently than former President Barack Obama did. Trump, who just eight weeks into office has already made 10 trips to green, […]

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3/18/2017

TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “White House press secretary Sean Spicer flatly denied Friday [3-17-17] that the White House apologized to the British government after citing an uncorroborated Fox News report to allege that a UK intelligence agency spied on President Donald Trump at the behest of former President Barack Obama. Earlier in the day, however, a […]

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2/21/2017

NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday that if President Donald Trump’s newly appointed national security adviser wanted to remove chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council’s principals committee, the president would ‘take that under serious consideration.’ ‘The president has made clear to him he’s got full authority […]

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2/21/2017

TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Tuesday contradicted a Justice Department court filing on President Donald Trump’s plans to rescind his executive order on visas and refugees, saying the original ban wouldn’t be revoked as another one is issued. At a White House press briefing, Mr. Spicer said the president […]

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2/9/2017

SEAN SPICER/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/NEIL GORSUCH: “White House officials insisted on Thursday that Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, was not referring to Mr. Trump’s recent denigration of judges when he said privately that he was disheartened by attacks on the courts. Mr. Trump said on Twitter that the nominee’s remarks had been […]

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