By April Hamlin
EDITOR’S NOTE: Spicer is the second of two Rhode Islanders
picked for high positions in the Trump White House. Now disgraced
Michael Flynn was the other. When these guys were picked, Rhode Island
media drooled over being able to make a national Rhode Island connection. I
predicted both would disgrace the state. – W. Collette
White House press secretary
Sean Spicer is a train wreck. After all, this is the guy who said Hitler really
wasn’t that bad.
Everybody tunes in daily to
see what ridiculous assertion will come out of his mouth this time, and
apparently, that is all the job security he needs in Donald Trump’s
administration.
According to the
Washington Post, Trump has no
intention of firing Spicer because he “gets great ratings,” and in Trump’s
White House, ratings matter far more than facts.
The WaPo article explores Trump’s obsession with cable news and revealed that Spicer’s job is safe as long as he can keep people turning in to watch him crash and burn.
The WaPo article explores Trump’s obsession with cable news and revealed that Spicer’s job is safe as long as he can keep people turning in to watch him crash and burn.
“I’m not firing Sean Spicer,” Trump said, according to sources. “That guy gets great ratings. Everyone tunes in.”
The Washington Post reports that “most of the televisions in the West Wing display four channels at all times — CNN, Fox, Fox Business and MSNBC.”
The
article also noted that “during an intimate lunch recently with a key outside
ally in a small West Wing dining room, for instance, Trump repeatedly paused
the conversation to make the group watch a particularly combative Spicer
briefing.”
Spicer
has become a laughing stock. Saturday Night Live has had a blast
lampooning him in recent months, with Melissa McCarthy playing the role of
the press secretary.
The
fact that Spicer was portrayed on SNL by a woman seemed to be more upsetting to
Trump than any of Spicer’s numerous gaffes.
The
press secretary kicked off his very first press conference by claiming that
Trump’s inauguration really didn’t have a pathetic turnout, despite pictures
proving he was full of it. And things have only gone downhill from there.
But
as long as America keeps tuning in for Spicer’s daily dumpster
fires press briefings, he can rest assured that Trump is
going to keep him around. Because priorities.
Author April Hamlin has studied political science, psychology, and philosophy.
Back in the good old days she was a reporter for “old fashioned” print
newspapers. In addition to news and politics, she also blogs about service dogs
and disability advocacy. As a black woman with a disability, she is fed up with
the right-wingers who would prefer that she and others like her didn’t exist.