The White House is looking to give Sean Spicer some extra help in the communications office.
Spicer has been working double-time since Jan. 20, serving as both White House press secretary and communications director.
A CNN report published Tuesday evening said the White House is now looking at outside candidates to take over the communications director role.
No one in the Trump administration has ever stated publicly that Spicer is underperforming in his job, but comments he has made from the podium have received more pushback from the media than other administrations’ press secretaries.
Spicer is a former colleague from the Republican National Committee to now-White House chief of staff Reince Priebus. Priebus “vouched for Spicer and against Trump’s instincts,” the CNN source said. Trump “regrets it every day and blames Priebus” for the place Spicer has put the Trump administration in as a result of his briefings.
Jason Miller, the former Trump transition team spokesman, had been tapped to serve as communications director, but backed out last minute under mysterious circumstances. At the time, Miller cited a desire to spend time with his family. Spicer, already named press secretary, was given Miller’s role as well.
