National political reporter for axios.com, Jonathan Swan, reports that President Trump has been discussing a replacement for Sean Spicer after the White House Press Secretary appeared to have fumbled Tuesday’s announcement concerning the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey.
I can independently confirm reporting that President Trump has been sounding people out about removing Sean Spicer as Press Secretary. 1/2
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) May 11, 2017
The President feels his press team poorly served him yesterday. He believes it was incompetence on their part, not lack of time. 2/2
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) May 11, 2017
As Newsweek and the Washington Post report, Spicer had planned to email a statement announcing Comey’s termination Tuesday afternoon – however he was apparently having technical difficulties. Unable to send the announcement, Spicer stood in the doorway of the press office around 5:40 p.m. and ended up “shouting a statement to reporters who happened to be nearby.”
At 5:41 or so, reporters began to tweet the news – and nine minutes later at 5:50 pm EST, Spicer issued a tweet with the announcement:
Statement from @WhiteHouse @PressSec on @FBI Director pic.twitter.com/EdBRntMim5
— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) May 9, 2017
Then, Spicer stepped outside
After a brief interview with Fox’s Lou Dobbs, Spicer apparently stepped over to some bushes and ordered reporters to turn their lights off – allegedly refusing to be filmed:
“Just turn the lights off. Turn the lights off,” he ordered. “We’ll take care of this. … Can you just turn that light off?”
WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks to reporters about the firing of FBI Director Comey as he walks into the West Wing. #FBIDirector pic.twitter.com/c2SNG63lIr
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) May 10, 2017
(A correction from WaPo on Spicer’s spatial relationship to the bushes)
For about 10 minutes, Spicer answered questions surrounding Comey’s firing – repeatedly circling back to the fact that Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein had made the assessment and recommendation to fire Comey in light of how he handled the Clinton email investigation during the 2016 election.
Spicer then thanked reporters for their time and reentered the White House.
Twitter is buzzing
Now that blood is in the water, Spicer’s detractors are piling on…
@jbillinson #Spicer officially 'Homered' it. pic.twitter.com/D22mCaBAaw
— Rachel Thompson (@RachelintheOC) May 11, 2017
Meanwhile, back in the rose garden…#PressBriefing#Spicer pic.twitter.com/G6ZhJy0R1Q
— T.R. Morley (@TheRealMorley) May 10, 2017
Out the rest of the week
Deputy White House Press Secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, filled in for Spicer today – and is expected to address journalists throughout the rest of the week in Spicer’s stead.
Is this the end of the road for Sean Spicer? Will the Spice stop flowing? Or is all of this simply WaPo and Newsweek piling on a Press Secretary caught flat footed by a President who stayed mum on Comey’s firing until the last minute in an effort flush out leakers?
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Exactly how fucking gay and coked out is the swamp. Jonathan Swan. Really? That is gay as bluebird talking to a tar baby. But who knows anything anymore. We are all racists and sexists and haters of house plants. Possibly use them as urinals or something. House plant lives matter. Get the funding and useful idiots. House plant reparations or civil fucking war.
How gay is the swamp? You’ve never been to DC. It is wall to wall queer. Not counting the rainbow flag waving libtards who think it’s ok for two men to find love staring into each other’s bungholes.
How sexually repressed and self-hating is ironbird? Really? His comments are 97% homo-related, he just can’t stop thinking about the massive penis he’s been denying himself all his life. How much can a guy think and write about gay sex with men without acting upon it? This is a blog post specifically about the president thinking about firing Press Secretary Sean Spicey and ironbird has to make it about sexuality? Where’s the connection? What’s the implication?
Spicer “among” the bushes. OK, got that correction. LOL
Now that you mention it, ironbird does seem to talk a lot about gays and penises. derp seems to like to think about it too. I heard there are clubs where those gays meet up in DC. Maybe ironbird and derp could visit and report back.
Dude. This one just for you. https://youtu.be/xY_Kb5Qkj-4
awful world where a bird can’t be a racist without feeling like everyone is aginst ya. Thought we’d all be free to openly express our true selves in the Trump era. Thanks Obama.
*uckabees!