Fresh off an appearance at the Emmy Awards, where he made light of his time as President Donald Trump’s primary mouthpiece, Sean Spicer said Monday that he regrets scolding reporters for accurately reporting on the crowd size at Trump’s inauguration.
“Of course I do, absolutely,” the former White House press secretary told the New York Times when asked if he regretted criticizing reporters for noting that Trump saw a smaller crowd at his inauguration than past presidents.
In his first appearance as press secretary, Spicer notoriously assailed reporters for their characterizations of Trump’s inauguration crowd size, declaring, “This was the largest audience ever to witness an inauguration, period.”
Spicer appeared at the Emmys Sunday night, where he made light of that January outburst, declaring that “this will be the largest audience to witness an Emmys period, both in person and around the world.”
Sean appears to be learning what it’s like to get along with the press…and he likes it. Sounds like he’s trying to get a job.
Fuck this fascist mouthpiece.
So many things to regret. So little time.
Ewwww!
The NYT piece only says he regrets the confrontation and doesn’t say exactly why. I doubt he’s really grappled with the fact that from the beginning and continually he lied outrageously about observable facts as a mouthpiece for a national government. It’s not what spokespersons do in a democracy. I wonder if Spicer even has the equipment to think about it. No indication of it so far. People who dealt with him before the Trump role said he was a nice guy. But there are plenty of nice guys who don’t get this kind of thing.