Spicer pushes back on ‘demoralizing’ media coverage of Trump

Published January 23, 2017 8:48pm ET



White House press secretary Sean Spicer unloaded on reporters Monday during his first official press briefing, lamenting the “demoralizing” effect of constant negative coverage.

“It’s just unbelievably frustrating when you’re continually told, ‘It’s not big enough, it’s not good enough, you can’t win,'” Spicer said, citing stories that had downplayed President Trump’s chances of winning states like Pennsylvania and Michigan during the campaign and more recent discussions of the crowd size at Trump’s inauguration.

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