‘This Is Silly! Okay, Next!’; Sparks Fly Between Spicer, Press on Gorsuch Comments, Trump Tweets

Curtis Houck | February 9, 2017
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Thursday’s White House press briefing was a tense affair as press secretary Sean Spicer faced a barrage of questioning about Judge Gorsuch’s denunciation of the President’s tweets criticizing the judiciary. 

Above all, the exchange that drew the most fireworks came between Spicer and SiriusXM’s Jared Rizzi, who complained about the topics covered in Trump’s tweets and inadvertently (or not) gave credence to the idea of not having press secretary speak on the President’s behalf. 

At one point, Spicer lashed out at Rizzi for essentially arguing that Spicer’s words should be discounted compared to a presidential tweet, arguing it’s “the silliest thing I’ve ever heard.” 

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