Sean Spicer To Serve As Trump’s White House Press Secretary

President-elect Donald Trump's Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, left; Jason Miller, a senior adviser, second from left; Boris Epshteyn, a spokesman for Trump, fourth from left, and Michael Flynn, Trump's nominee for Na... President-elect Donald Trump's Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, left; Jason Miller, a senior adviser, second from left; Boris Epshteyn, a spokesman for Trump, fourth from left, and Michael Flynn, Trump's nominee for National Security adviser, fifth from left, listen as Trump speaks to members of the media after meeting with families of the victims of a Nov. 28 knife attack at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) MORE LESS

President-elect Donald Trump named the senior staff of the communications department for his administration on Thursday, including Republican National Committee spokesman Sean Spicer as press secretary.

Trump’s transition team announced that in addition to Spicer, Hope Hicks will serve as director of strategic communications; Jason Miller will serve as director of communications; and Dan Scavino will serve as social media director.

Spicer, Hicks and Scavino will also serve as assistants to the president.

Spicer backed Trump throughout his general campaign, making frequent appearances on cable news to boost his positions. Hicks served as Trump’s campaign spokeswoman and joined his transition team in the same capacity.
Miller, who had been Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)’s senior communications advisor during the senator’s failed presidential bid, joined Trump’s campaign in June in the same capacity, and Scavino served as Trump’s social media director during his often-incendiary viral candidacy.

“Sean, Hope, Jason and Dan have been key members of my team during the campaign and transition,” Trump said in a statement. “I am excited they will be leading the team that will communicate my agenda.”

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  1. Excuse me …

    Need to RUN to the bathroom ----

  2. Avatar for aiddon aiddon says:

    Which is what Spicer will say when someone asks him about ongoing events.

    Seriously, considering how badly this guy has melted down on camera with fairly innocuous questions, he’s going to have a nervous breakdown with trying to handle the WH Press Secretary job.

  3. This is going to be the hardest job in his administration. Translating his fentanyl infused tweets and trying to square the conflicting messages that will undoubtedly come from the various self-serving members of his administration is likely to induce a stress-related heart attack. Can’t say I’ll be sad when it happens.

  4. But now that the new policy is not needing to actually tell anyone what is really going on …

    He’ll do fine —

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