21 of Sean Spicer's most memorable moments
Some are hilarious. Some are maddening. And some are downright pathetic.
Sean Spicer, we hardly knew ye.
When he resigned on Friday over the appointment of Anthony Scaramucci as communications director, Spicer had clocked a total of just 182 days as White House press secretary. But despite having one of the shortest tenures ever, Spicer was easily one of the most memorable spokesmen to ever grace the podium in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.
From his famous fights with the press to his losing battles with the English language, times weren't always easy for Spicer. But they were almost always entertaining. Here's a definitive list of Spicer's most memorable moments, ranked from happiest to saddest.
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1. Spicer is really giddy upon meeting Gronk.
2. The Dippin Dots CEO offers White House staff and press corps an ice cream social in response to Spicer's five-year tweet war on the treats.
3. Spicer gets brilliantly mocked by Melissa McCarthy ...
4. ... again and again (but takes it in stride!).
5. Spicer gets yelled at by an entire room of furious reporters.
6. Spicer sends a secret SOS with his upside-down American flag pin.
7. Spicer gets drawn by a courtroom sketch artist after refusing to brief the press on camera.
8. Spicer accidentally tweets his password.
9. Sean Spicer gets owned by Us Weekly.
10. Spicer blames the "floor covering" for making President Trump's inauguration crowd look small.
11. Spicer gets live fact-checked by CNN's communications team.
12. Spicer is forced to seriously explain "covfefe."
13. Spicer's attack on ObamaCare flops.
(The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that an additional 22 million people would be uninsured by 2026 under Senate Republicans' proposed plan than ObamaCare.)
14. Sean Spicer repeatedly cites nonexistent Atlanta terrorist attack.
15. Contradicting the words of Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and literally all evidence, Spicer argues that there is "nothing" to indicate Trump Jr.'s Russia meeting wasn't about adoption.
16. Spicer gets in a fight with April Ryan.
17. Spicer asks The New York Times not to write about him wearing makeup.
18. Stephen Bannon blames the prevalence of off-camera briefings on Sean Spicer getting "fatter."
19. "Holocaust centers."
20. Spicer is denied the one thing he wants: meeting the pope.
21. Spicer resorts to hiding in the bushes to get away from the press.
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