Following the resignation of Sean Spicer (over the hiring of Anthony Scaramucchi), Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is scheduled to give the White House’s first on-camera press briefing since June 29 at 2pmET.
Grab your popcorn...
Since Sean Spicer will be absent, we thought this "best of" compilation might satisfy some who miss him.
..R.I.P. Sean Spicer as White House Press Secretary, 2017 - 2017 pic.twitter.com/y7QmJAroYH
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow)
UPDATE: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says he will stay on through August.
It's been an honor & a privilege to serve @POTUS @realDonaldTrump & this amazing country. I will continue my service through August
— Sean Spicer (@PressSec)
Live Feed (due to start at 2pmET).
Some key highlights from the presentation, courtesy of Axios:
- Spicer's resignation: "Sean is a true American Patriot...I love the guy, and I wish him well. I hope he goes on to make a tremendous amount of money."
- On rumored tension with Reince Priebus: "I don't have any friction with Reince... we are a little bit like brothers... we rough each other up once in a while... I have no problem reporting to him."
- WH infighting: "If we have a little bit of friction inside the WH... it's OK, we can deal with that, I'm a business person, I'm used to that."
- Trump's performance as POTUS: "I think he's got some of the best political insights in the world, probably in history." He later added, "He's a winner. We're going to do a lot of winning."
- On calling Trump a "hack" in 2015: "He brings it up every 15 seconds," he joked.
- Any other Communications shakeups? "Dan Scavino and Hope Hicks are staying... I love the two of them... as for other people in the comms shop, I have to get to know them."
- Most repeated line: "I love the president."
