Tag: Sean Spicer

Spicer out amid White House shake-up

by Michael Mathes / Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, , United States – White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigned Friday in protest at a major shake-up of Donald Trump’s embattled administration, as pressure mounts from a broadening investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. Spicer quit in opposition to Trump’s naming of Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier and longtime supporter of the billionaire investor-turned-president, as the new White House communications director, a White […]

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White House spokesman apologizes for ‘insensitive’ Hitler remark

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — White House press secretary Sean Spicer apologized Tuesday for “insensitive” remarks during a press briefing in which he asserted that Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons on his own people. “Frankly, I mistakenly used an inappropriate and insensitive comment about the Holocaust and there is no comparison,” Spicer told CNN. “For that I apologize. It was a mistake to do that.” © Agence France-Presse

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Trump believes ‘millions’ voted illegally: White House

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House on Tuesday confirmed that President Donald Trump believes millions of people voted illegally in the November election, but declined to provide evidence to support that claim. Hours after Trump told congressional leaders that as many as five million people could have voted illegally, White House spokesman Sean Spicer confirmed the president’s belief. “The comment he said was three to five million people could have voted illegally based […]

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