Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer argued on Friday that his turbulent departure was “relevant” among a long list of people who have left the administration.
During an interview with Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo, President Trump’s first press secretary brushed off a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed by Kimberley Strassel that argued Gary Cohn’s resignation as Trump’s chief economic adviser was the “first of the relevant to leave.”
“Oh, come on Kim. I think I was relevant for a day or two,” Spicer said trying to laugh the remark off.
As the Fox panel pointed out, the columnist didn’t mention Spicer by name in her “long list of questionable people” she deemed as irrelevant such as Anthony Scaramucci, Omarosa Manigault-Newman, and Steve Bannon.
“I think there are some of those folks on that list that I care about that have been loyal and instrumental to the president and helping him navigate his first year,” Spicer explained. “So I take exception to the list. I’m not going to comment on all the names.”
Spicer went on to praise Cohn’s work in the administration and commended his key role in passing tax reform.
