Sean Spicer Named White House Press Secretary

It’s Sean Spicer, who was communications director of the RNC, who will be White House press secretary.

[Spicer] was a forceful defender of Trump in the media, even as some Republicans kept their distance or opposed his candidacy. An August headline in The Washington Post captured his predicament: “What happens when you tie your career to Donald Trump? Ask Sean Spicer in a few months.”

The move paid off for Spicer, a figure well known to Washington journalists who’ll be covering the Trump White House.

Though Spicer has longstanding relationships with many reporters, he isn’t shy about aggressively challenging their reporting and analysis on television and social media ― and even in person. During a Politico event last week, Spicer said the publication, in many cases, covers Republicans in a “tweet-happy” style that’s “devoid of facts.”

Spicer was named Thursday along with other members of the senior communications team. Hope Hicks, who was Trump’s lone spokesperson for a long stretch of the 2016 election, will be director of strategic communications. Jason Miller will be director of communications, and Dan Scavino was named director social media. All four also hold the title of assistant to the president.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.