Sean Spicer’s resignation as White House press secretary prompted a slew of snarky reactions from politicians and reporters on Friday.
California Rep. Maxine Waters was one of the earliest to react, and congratulated Spicer on Twitter for having “more guts than Jeff Sessions!”
Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, retweeted Waters and added, “I guess a six-month stint of telling #alternativefacts was all @seanspicer could handle” and “@melissamccarthy must also be out of her SNL job. Well, we’ll always have Youtube,” referencing the actress’s role playing Spicer on “Saturday Night Live.”
.@melissamccarthy must also be out of her SNL job. Well, we’ll always have Youtube.
— Rep. Marc Veasey (@RepVeasey) July 21, 2017
Reporters who frequently attended Spicer’s press briefings and those who did not also shared their thoughts about his departure from the White House.
“Hoping Sean Spicer finally gets that job at Dippin’ Dots,” CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski tweeted, referencing a series of tweets Spicer had posted in 2010 and 2011 decrying Dippin’s Dots as “NOT the ice cream of the future.”
Hoping Sean Spicer finally gets that job at Dippin’ Dots.
— andrew kaczynski? (@KFILE) July 21, 2017
Arianna Huffington, founder of the Huffington Post, tweeted, “And the Thrive award for the person who has improved their happiness the most in one day goes to …,” accompanying an article about Spicer’s resignation.
And the Thrive award for the person who has improved their happiness the most in one day goes to…https://t.co/M8UoglQTZk
— Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) July 21, 2017
“Spicer made it six months and one day as White House press secretary,” tweeted Kaitlan Collins, a White House reporter for CNN. She later tweeted, “There is a small amount of irony in the White House doing an on camera briefing for the first time in 3 weeks the day the press sec quits.”
There is a small amount of irony in the White House doing an on camera briefing for the first time in 3 weeks the day the press sec quits.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 21, 2017
Spicer made it six months and one day as White House press secretary.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 21, 2017
Paul McLeod, a Capitol Hill reporter for Buzzfeed, said “There will always be a special off-camera briefing in my heart for Sean Spicer,” referencing the controversial White House decision to keep some briefings off-camera.
There will always be a special off-camera briefing in my heart for Sean Spicer.
— Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) July 21, 2017
“Breaking: Sean Spicer has limits,” tweeted Daniel Dale, the Toronto Star’s Washington correspondent.
A GIF of people running accompanied a tweet by Jonah Goldberg, a senior editor for the National Review, that said, “The race to land Sean Spicer’s book deal begins.”
The race to land Sean Spicer’s book deal begins. pic.twitter.com/E4TNwOaMiW
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) July 21, 2017
Spicer resigned on Friday morning after the White House announced financier Anthony Scaramucci, a former fundraiser for Trump’s campaign, as White House communications director.
