WaPo: Trump Won’t Fire Sean Spicer Because He ‘Gets Great Ratings’

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for executive orders regarding trade in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 31, 2017, in Washington. Trump spoke to the media but left before sign... President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for executive orders regarding trade in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 31, 2017, in Washington. Trump spoke to the media but left before signing the orders. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump has said that he will not fire White House Press Secretary because the spokesman “gets great ratings” for his daily press briefings, the Washington Post reported on Sunday evening.

“I’m not firing Sean Spicer,” Trump said last month when asked if Spicer’s job was in jeopardy, a person “familiar with the encounter” told the Post. “That guy gets great ratings. Everyone tunes in.”

Spicer is often under intense scrutiny as he attempts to answer for Trump’s policy proposals and tweets. The White House in March had to apologize to Great Britain after Spicer cited an unsubstantiated claim from a Fox News analyst that British intelligence spied on Trump for President Barack Obama.

In April, Spicer had to apologize after falsely claiming that Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons.

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  1. Dear Mr. President,

    Everyone tunes in to see the next trainwreck BaghdadBobSpicer gets into.

    They’re laughing at him, and you, not with you.

    Don’t confuse ratings with doing your job.

    Luvs,

    America

  2. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    And watching Spicer is a game: predict which ridiculous statements will be worked into the mock skit of him delivered by Melissa McCarthy the next time she is on SNL.

  3. Dear Donald,
    You would get higher ratings. Please give us weekly press conferences.

  4. “That guy gets great ratings. Everyone tunes in, and besides, Baghdad Bob never returned my calls."

  5. It’s not the ratings that count. SFB; it’s the demographic he appeals to. Spicer is pulling the same audience that religiously followed Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show”. Essentially, Spicer is a parody of a presidential spokesman.

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