Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: New York Times

By GLENN THRUSH JULY 21, 2017

WASHINGTON Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, resigned on Friday morning, telling President Trump he vehemently disagreed with the appointment of the 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 Mr. Trump that he believed the appointment was a major mistake, according to person with direct knowledge of the exchange.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/us/politics/sean-spicer-resigns-as-white-house-press-secretary.html

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And that, as of the time I posted, is the entire article.

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Hat tip, NightWatcher, who deserves the credit. I'm just typing.

Sean "the Easter bunny" Spicer says screw you guys I'm going home
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029354016

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Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold

NEWS Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary @GLENNTHRUSH

Link to tweet

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Full disclosure: he lives not too far from me. I went by his place on the commuter bus yesterday evening. I do not expect to see any moving vans out front. He'll land on his feet. The NDA will prevent a kiss-and-tell.

ETA, 4:04 p.m.: as many people pointed out, NDAs are illegal for government employees.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. A moment of silence, followed by some appropriate music.

[lanlady]

2. Media reporting that he opposed naming Scaramouche as comms director

N/t

[mainer]

3. I'm gonna miss Melissa McCarthy's Spicey.

But another Trump clown will emerge to lampoon.

[rurallib]

9. McCarthy could probably do a good Huckabee-Sanders

if there were any video of her - Sanders that is.

[George II]

65. That's true, wouldn't it be great if she did Sanders and Spicey was guest host?

[a kennedy]

29. I know.......loved her portrayal of him.....

[Fozzledick]

33. Who will be the first to do the Scaramucci Fandango?

[DeminPennswoods]

52. LOL! That's the first thing that came to my mind

when I heard the name. Now I won't be able to get Bohemian Rhapsody out of my head for the rest of the day.

[IronLionZion]

53. Exactly what I thought

[Renew Deal]

36. Scaramucci is your man

He's another liar

[Hieronymus]

54. Scaramucci is disgusting.

[forgotmylogin]

61. But, can he do the fandango?

..

..

[Amimnoch]

43. ROFL! That was my first thought as well!!!

I was just running to find this thread to post exactly that!

Great minds and all that

[Lifelong Protester]

59. Me too. My first thought.

[Motley13]

60. She will have to work on her Sara Hucabee

I thought Spicey would quit a long time ago

[George II]

4. I think he's using this as an excuse to leave.

[harun]

64. Agree, doesn't want to be associated with this mess anymore.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Did he jump or was he pushed?

Why he didn't quit months ago is beyond me. He had the unenviable job of going out every day and lying through his teeth, only to be undercut by the boss and humiliated (deservingly) on SNL. I can't think of a more miserable job.

[Honeycombe8]

89. Even under the best circumstances, it's a tough job, I've read.

Few press secretaries stay long. And with THIS administration, it's even worse.

Maybe they were trying to get him to quit, but he wouldn't, or he didn't take the hint.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. alas, Sean...we could hardly stand ye. Find a nice bush to live behind.

[rusty fender]

73. He'll get a job at Faux News

Probably

[WinstonSmith4740]

7. Looks like he found his way out.

I wonder if he'll start speaking his own mind, or if his brain cells were fried by his stint as pResidential excuse maker.

[csziggy]

13. Spicer will probably have to spend months being de-programmed

Before he can come out in public again. I almost - but certainly do not - feel sorry for him. He will be remembered most for Melissa McCarthy's brilliant parodies of his White House performances.

[WinstonSmith4740]

49. Oh, I don't feel sorry for anyone in that cabal.

He's an adult, and went into this with his eyes open. His first day on the job he was sent out to insist on that stupid crowd size lie, and he went. These guys are all about to find out they sold their souls.

But I will also miss Melissa McCarthy's parodies. I'll bet SNL is working on the routine now. Hopefully it'll be the cold open.

[jayschool2013]

72. Two months to go

We're at least two months out from the next live SNL. Who knows what crazy shite President Pence will have done by then to earn his own SNL open.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. They seemed to have been phasing him out as it was

having Huckleberry's daughter doing the honors the past couple weeks.

[janx]

21. But why won't Flounder

appear on camera?

[BumRushDaShow]

28. They flip flop responses so much

that they don't want "proof" they said what they said, and then said the opposite hours later or the next day. They want to be able to claim the reporter "mis-heard".

[ResistantAmerican17]

63. 😂😂😂😂😂. Flounder!!! Coffee just shot outta my eyes!!!

Via my nose from laughing so hard....

[BumRushDaShow]

74. Just saw a CNN Breaking! On-Camera press conference going on right now

[yallerdawg]

10. Men getting back their 'Man Card.'

Sessions should be next.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

25. I'm thinking later today. NT

[flibbitygiblets]

58. Sessions is a Keebler Elf; hence there is no "man card" to be taken back

[Botany]

11. Tony "good hands" Scaramucci

Hey, "the 'mucci" doesn't like your question.

I'm going to miss Melissa McCarthy

[DesertRat]

12. Sean Spicer out...

Link to tweet

[packman]

14. He and Baghdad Bob Plan to Run a Fact Checking Company for the RNC

?1491314196

[leon8822]

15. And watch CNN or Fox fake news try and hire him

You heard it hear first

[C Moon]

20. :D

[spiderpig]

23. Maybe Lorne Michaels will offer him a job

on SNL playing Melissa McCarthy.

[blueseas]

39. That is so sad

But so true

[Pauldg47]

75. Yes! 👍 Great idea.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Spicey! Comrade tRump is just draining the swamp by filling it with Wall St alligators! . . . nt

[mwooldri]

17. Just what we need, more fakenews from failing NYT.

[C Moon]

18. Was he one of the worst, or what?

[Leghorn21]

19. Poor fella - he went through all this shit just to visit with the Pope, and we know how that

worked out for him - aw, poor fella

[yellowcanine]

22. Someone got a picture of Sean leaving the White House......

[justhanginon]

24. Having trouble with Spicer's replacement's name.

Is this Spicer's replacement?
From Wikipedia;
Scaramuccia (literally "little skirmisher&quot , also known as Scaramouche or Scaramouch, is a stock clown character of the Italian commedia dell'arte. The role combined characteristics of the zanni (servant) and the Capitano (masked henchman). Usually attired in black Spanish dress and burlesquing a don, he was often beaten by Harlequin for his boasting and cowardice.

[flibbitygiblets]

32. I see a little silouetto of a man/Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?

Thunderbolts of lightning/very very frightening!!

[elmac]

26. Baghdad Bob had more respect then that turd. nt

[47of74]

27. Now only if his ex-boss would resign.

[OldRedneck]

30. Well, . . .

[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. Spicer resigns, Scaramucci to be White House communications director

Spicer resigns, Scaramucci to be White House communications director

By Abby Phillip July 21 at 11:50 AM

BREAKING: White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigned on Friday following the appointment of wealthy financier Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director, according to a White House official. Scaramucci has previously had a tense relationship with both Spicer and White House chief of staff Reince Priebus. This story will be updated.
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Abby Phillip is a national political reporter covering the White House for The Washington Post. She can be reached at [e-mail]. Follow @abbydphillip

Between 11:50 a.m.and 12:40 p.m. (right now, as I'm posting), 1,500 comments were posted.

[Renew Deal]

34. He's going to get a great book deal

[Honeycombe8]

50. He probably signed a confidentiality agreement for some length of time THEN he'll get a book deal.nt

[bucolic_frolic]

35. Hard right turn

into corporate damage control PR i would guess

[mahatmakanejeeves]

41. I'm not worried at all about him. He'll land on his feet.

If I run into him in the grocery store, I'm not going to jump all over him. He's had to put up with enough humiliation.

I've never encountered him.

[bucolic_frolic]

68. Ah! I must have been unclear

I meant Mr. Scarramucci was taking the hard right turn.

This will be cutthroat capitalism, corporate vulturism with the PR front

Deny, deny, deny, deflect, blame, blame, blame.

Polluters will be very happy!

[sabbat hunter]

37. I am going to miss

Melissa McCarthy spoofs of him on SNL.

[Honeycombe8]

47. First thing I thought of! Maybe she'll do one final performance and quit. nt

[OnDoutside]

38. Katy Tur said

Katy Tur?Verified account @KatyTurNBC · 31m31 minutes ago

Spicer was telling folks last night he would resign if Scaramucci was hired. Said he didn't think Scaramucci could do the job. -source close

[LuckyLib]

87. Not being able to do the job is a ringing endorsement in the Dumpf White House.

[OnDoutside]

88. Being able to clean Donnie's ring is a bigger endorsement !!!

Sorry for being so graphic

[Sunlei]

40. next one to go is Mrs. Huckabee.

[Honeycombe8]

45. She's a loyalist, but she's looking none too happy lately. nt

[Sunlei]

67. She either dresses/makeup as trump demanded or no press pictures/video allowed. She should quit.

[NastyRiffraff]

42. I'm just surprised it took this long

He's been sidelined for awhile now; I guess the Scaramucci appointment was the last straw for him. Even Spicy has limits on how much he can be humiliated.

[Plucketeer]

46. When it comes to humiliation tolerance

at the very tippy-toppy extremes, Trump, Killy-Ann and Bannon will will endure.

[Honeycombe8]

44. I don't think they've treated him well for a long time. Why didn't he get comm. director job?

He's probably right. I've seen this before in the private sector. They hire someone w/great references and who they like, but who has little to no experience in the job he's being hired for...so the ones under him will have to do the job and train him, while the new guy gets all the credit. If it doesn't go well, the staff will be blamed.

He was right to leave. He's famous, now. Hopefully there will be some good job offers coming his way.

As for kiss and tell, he may not be able to say anything right now, but there's a book in his future.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

48. He'll have a much easier commute.

He won't have to drive into DC every morning.

He'll be just fine.

[Plucketeer]

51. Stand-up comic

He's already got the name recognition!

[underpants]

55. Dumping him from the Pope visit was just flat out mean

A total dick move by Trump

[Honeycombe8]

90. I'd forgotten about that. Yeah, T was probably trying to get him to quit.

Trump doesn't want to get the reputation of firing EVERYONE who works for him. He's lost so many on his team. But them quitting doesn't seem better to me.

[LudwigPastorius]

56. Was selling your soul worth six months in the limelight, Sean?

Ah well, you'll always have SNL reruns.

[IronLionZion]

57. Yes

it was great for his career. He's a household name now

[LudwigPastorius]

62. Other household names:

Ebola

The Leech

Hitler

Diarrhea

Flesh-eating bacteria

Stalin

The Dung-beetle

Charles Manson

[Hekate]

66. Just heard Steve Schmidt's eulogy; powerful stuff on the personal cruelty meted out to Spicer...

...by Trump, the humiliation caused by Trump's lies. Since I never heard of the guy before he became press sec, I was unaware of his reputation in Washington, which apparently was very good -- and has been shredded and soiled by affiliation with Trump.

"Personal cruelty" -- multiple people keep coming back to Spicer's exclusion from that meeting with the Pope.

[moonscape]

70. Sorry not to have heard that, Schmidt can give powerful

commentary for sure.

Although Spicer got tangled in so many ridiculous lies, and was so compromised, I didn't despise him like I do the others. Felt sorry for him, and mostly saw him as a very weak guy who wasn't internally driven to be so morally bereft but allowed others (okay, 45) to push him there.

[workinclasszero]

69. Sha na na na

[maddiemom]

71. Oh Nooz!

I'll miss "Spicey" because he always seemed uncomfortable with the bullshit he was required to spew, regardless of the Melissa McCarthy take. Hucksterbee appears to be a true believer, and I hope we've seen the last of her. Biggest question: will whoever takes over, allow us to see the ACTUAL press briefings as used to be the case?

[Skittles]

76. how I wish he would spill his guts

REDEEM YOURSELF AND TELL ALL

[apkhgp]

77. Great

45 now has a new guy that knows how to dress up the shit he sends out. Can he please take the stink out of it for us

.

[obamanut2012]

78. He doesn't have an NDA

Or, if he does, it's an illegal one, and wouldn't be uphol in court.

[flying-skeleton]

79. NDA WOULD BE ILLEGAL

You can not ask / require government staff to sign NDA's !!

[briv1016]

80. So how long till Donald claims he fired him?

[Hekate]

81. Scaramucci on. Announces Sarah Hucks to be Press Sec. He looks like a dead-eyed shark. Ew.

Sarah desperately needs a wardrobe makeover -- every single thing I've seen her in has been unflattering. Her body's size and shape are not the issue -- it's her inability to choose styles, colors, and accessories that would make her look stylish and confident in the public eye.

I don't like the woman, but her boss is going to make her life hell.

[GopherGal]

91. Duggar-Family Dresscode?

I would think that even if she's working within some Duggar-like dress code, improvements could be made, given that the image-obsessed Trumpets must have high-priced consultants available to them.

But maybe she's required to model the Ivanka collection or something.

[VaBchTgerLily]

82. Scaramucci is a total suck-up!!!

Also, can't believe Spicer lasted this long.

[wishstar]

83. Spicer is supposedly staying at WH for several more weeks to assist with "transition"

So he didn't just abruptly walk out the door, and he is expected to appear on Fox TV tonight with Scaramucci and other WH officials.

[Bayard]

84. Huckabee iritates me more than Spicer

Spicer at least looked a little uncomfortable when he was repeating lies.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

85. The ballad of Sean Spicer: He snagged the Washington dream job, but at a price, writes @bterris

Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/fahrenthold

The ballad of Sean Spicer: He snagged the Washington dream job, but at a price, writes @bterris

Link to tweet

The ballad of Sean Spicer: He snagged the Washington dream job, but at a price.
By Ben Terris July 21 at 4:41 PM

So what does happen when you tie your career to Donald Trump?

In the case of Sean Spicer it meant getting everything he ever wanted: a dream job at the press secretary’s podium, name recognition that dwarfed that of many of the politicians he once worked for, and perhaps most importantly, a slice of the Beltway’s most coveted real estate — his own place in the Know.

But wishes come true at a price in the Trump administration. For Spicer, that meant a loss of credibility from inflating inauguration crowd sizes, picking petty fights with the press, and a rabid “Saturday Night Live” parody portrayal that will be remembered long after this administration comes to an end.

Spicer seemed to be able to live with all these humiliations, but losing his spot in the inner sanctum was too much to bear. Spicer resigned Friday after learning that hedge-fund veteran Anthony Scaramucci would be hired as communications director, a move the press secretary had argued against.
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Ben Terris is a writer in the Washington Post's Style section with a focus on national politics. Follow @bterris

[xor]

86. Always something in the Trump admin

Grant you, I think everyone knew this coming sooner rather than later. Has any other admin had this much turmoil with people being fired or resigning in such a short period?

Even the most brainwashed Trumpkin can't deny something ain't right over there. It can't all be the fault of the Democrats and Never-Trump Republicans