Spicer: I regret embarrassing myself, my family and my friends, As Press Secretary
Talking Points Memo:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/spicer-i-regret-embarrassing-myself-my-family-friends-the-white-house-the-american-people
Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday said he regrets doing things during his time as part of President Donald Trumps administration that brought embarrassment to himself, his family, his friends and the White House.
You made some mistakes, MSNBCs Craig Melvin said to Spicer, after playing a tape of Spicers greatest hits, including his inflation of attendance numbers at Trumps inauguration, his dismissal of the roles that Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort played in Trumps campaign and his claim that Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons.
Do you regret taking the job? Melvin asked.
No, Spicer said. I think in terms of net-net, I enjoyed having a front row seat to history, was an opportunity of a lifetime. Did I make mistakes? Thank you for taking me down memory lane. Absolutely. Do I hope I grow as a person, as a friend, as a stranger to do better? Absolutely.
But youre giving me a diplomatic answer, Melvin pressed. Do you regret at all taking the job?
No, no, no, Spicer said. I regret things that I did that brought embarrassment to myself, my family, friends of mine who have been very big supporters, where I said, hey, that was a self-inflicted wound.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Who he worked for, by lying to us all endlessly. Mistakes my ass.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,009 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)that on air Comcast Interview.
Melvin got ran over big time on that one,and he is a light weight to start with.
brush
(53,787 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Melvin you are reading a script. And Spice Drop just continued to finish the question with a bunch of Gish Gallop word salad.
brush
(53,787 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)sorry.
brush
(53,787 posts)cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)These guys, instead of answering the question that was asked, respond with a series of questions of their own, easy to answer without making themselves look like the shit they are. Rumsfeld was the first, in my memory, to do this consistently. Spicer didn't give Melvin a "diplomatic answer"; he gave him no answer at all. His "answer" was a self-serving statement designed to steer the conversation away from anything that would pin any blame at all on Spicer.
What a bunch of cowardly weasels.
marble falls
(57,102 posts)or not.