Sean Spicer Had a Meltdown After Trump Fired Comey, Hiding in Bushes and Demanding Darkness

[DonViejo]

BY JULIA GLUM ON 5/10/17 AT 11:35 AM

White House press secretary and former Easter Bunny Sean Spicer has a real tough job sometimes. And on Tuesday night, when President Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey, it apparently became too much to handle.

Spicer had planned to email out a statement announcing Comey's termination, but as of about 5:40 p.m. EDT Tuesday, the system wasn't working well. Instead, he went to his doorway and yelled the news to the journalists gathered there, according to the Washington Post. Then he closed the door.

At 5:41 p.m., reporters began to tweet the bombshell, and by 5:44 p.m. Spicer's statement explaining that Trump's decision came at the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had arrived in inboxes. He followed up with a tweet at 5:50 p.m.

Link to tweet

Then all hell broke loose.

Aides said he would speak to press about the termination, which was blamed on Comey's supposed mishandling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state, then changed their answers and said he wouldn't. Outside, Spicer appeared on Fox Business with Lou Dobbs, at times stuttering and misspeaking, at one point saying the attorney general had been terminated before quickly correcting himself. Photographers could be seen at the edges of the frame taking pictures of Spicer as he spoke with Dobbs.

Link to tweet

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[sharp_stick]

1. I have a feeling that Spicer

will soon be resigning to "spend more time with his family".

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. He then stopped and thought for a second.....

....."Wait a minute, I am the darkness!"

[underpants]

3. YOUR WORDS!!!

[hamsterjill]

7. Speaking of his "words"...

Just venting here, but could someone please tell Spicy that the word "president" is pronounced "PREZ a dent" and not "PRETH a dent".

I would be forever grateful. Every time I hear Spicy say that word, and he says it at least 100 times in every press briefing, it's like fingernails on a chalkboard.

It's almost as bad as George W. going "nucUlar".

Thank you. End of vent.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Brilliant!!!! n/t

[Feathery Scout]

4. Gather Up His Basket of Eggs...

Spicer has been on the bubble forever...

Sarah Sanders is more competent at spreading those sweet sweet Trump lies.

So Spicer is gonna be out before end of May.

[lunatica]

5. Does she dress to Trump's liking?

We know he likes his women staff in dresses and heals.

[Feathery Scout]

8. I forgot about that.

I don't know if Sarah Sanders is thin and attractive enough for Trump to hire her.

[Achilleaze]

6. cowardly, lying republicans show no honor

deplorable

[Initech]

9. Well, he knew the job was dangerous when he took it!

[spanone]

11. if i were spicer i'd be on heroin by now.

[malaise]

12. I think he had a major breakdown yesterday

The lies have finally caught up with him - being the Con's press secretary is a job for a masochist

[spanone]

13. no kidding, as they say, he has an audience of one.

imagine facing that ego daily.

[malaise]

14. Can't imagine that

The Con would be a vexation to my being - I avoid those types

Schiff on CNN now

[spanone]

15. you & me both....

thanks for the heads up