Classmates reject claim Sean Spicer made racist taunt in high school

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A claim shouted at former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer during his book tour that he publicly spewed the N-word at a black high school student decades ago is being rejected by witnesses who said it never happened.

The charge made by fellow Portsmouth Abbey School student Alex Lombard, who is African American, upset Spicer’s book signing at a Rhode Island Barnes and Noble on Friday night and threatens to dog the rest of his tour to promote “The Briefing.”

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