Sean Spicer has gotten media attention throughout his short stint as White House press secretary, and on Tuesday (March 28), things seemed to have flared up to an all-time high during an exchange with longtime White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks, April Ryan.
Ryan, who has been sitting in on press briefings since the early 90s, asked Spicer about the recent rocky months for the Trump administration. She stated, “Two and a half months in, you’ve got this [Sally] Yates story today, you’ve got other things going on, you’ve got Russia, you’ve got wiretapping,” before being cut off by Spicer, who interjected and said, “No, we don’t have that.”
Spicer denied a connection between Trump and Russia, and told Ryan, “I’m sorry that that disgusts you. You’re shaking your head. I appreciate it.”
Things got even more heated after Ryan asked about Trump's recent meeting with former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, someone who has publicly opposed Trump. Spicer told Ryan, ”It’s interesting that you ask those two questions back to back. On the one hand, you’re saying what are we doing to improve our image? And then here he is once again meeting somebody that hasn’t been a big supporter of his. … It seems like you’re hellbent on trying to make sure that whatever image you want to tell about this White House stays. … I’m sorry, please stop shaking your head again.”
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