Irony: Matthews Mocks Sean Spicer as ‘Generalissimo Franco,’ White House as a ‘Clown Show’

Curtis Houck | June 20, 2017
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On Tuesday’s Hardball, MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews lacked any sense of irony, mocking the Trump administration and specifically White House press secretary Sean Spicer as a “clown show” with Spicer’s rumored departure from the briefing room podium reducing him to the sequel of the old SNL riffs about Spanish dictator Generalissimo Franco.

“Plus, we’ve got — we’ve heard the rumors of Sean Spicer's imminent demise for months. It’s like Generalissimo Franco. Anyway, now the President may move him to a role behind the scenes. In other words, kick him upstairs and Spicer is leading the search for his own replacement,” Matthews quipped in a tease prior to a commercial break.

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