Sean Spicer

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Sean Spicer in January 2017 at the White House , Washington, DC

Sean Michael Spicer (born September 23, 1971 in Barrington , Rhode Island ) is a political worker and was White House press secretary from January to July 2017 . On July 21, 2017, he announced his resignation following the appointment of Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci .

Life

Career

After graduating from Connecticut College in 1993, Spicer began serving on the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). In early 2000 he became director of the unit responsible for the re-election of incumbents at the National Republican Congressional Committee . From 2002 to 2006 he worked in various functions for political communication for the Republicans in the US House of Representatives . From 2006 to 2008 he was responsible for communications for the United States' Trade Representative . In this capacity, according to the Washington Post in a portrait by Sean Spicer on August 17, 2016, he was one of the "most passionate free trade advocates " in Washington, DC .

From 2011 to 2017 Spicer was the spokesman for the Republican National Committee (RNC), the national organizing body of the Republican Party of the United States . From 2015 to 2017 he also served as "chief strategist " ( chief strategist ) of the RNC.

On December 22, 2016, Donald Trump announced that Spicer would become his White House press secretary . He became the successor to Josh Earnest . In addition, Spicer had initially taken over the role of Communications Director of the White House as the successor to Jen Psaki , before Mike Dubke took his place on March 6, 2017 . After his resignation, Spicer was again provisional communications director on June 2nd.

Spicer is a member of the US Navy Reserve.

White House spokesman

Excerpt from Spicer's speech at his first press conference on January 21, 2017

At his first press conference in the White House on January 21, 2017, it was almost exclusively about the attendance at Trump's swearing-in the day before. According to largely unanimous reports in the leading media , not nearly as many people had come to Trump's inauguration as before Barack Obama . In his speech, Spicer presented the audience reports as "purposely misleading". He read out his own, completely unfounded and demonstrably false “facts” about the audience numbers. Among other things, he claimed: “It was the largest audience that has ever attended a swearing-in ceremony, both locally and worldwide. Point. "(" This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration - period - both in person and around the globe. ")

He also tried to scare the media by saying, “We will hold the press accountable for our part. The American People Deserves Better "to pressurize. Questions from media representatives about Spicer's statements were not allowed, contrary to usual practice. The media response to Spicer's first press conference was largely negative.

In an NBC interview about the program Meet the Press Trumps consultant defended Kelly Anne Conway against the journalists and television host Chuck Todd , the controversial remarks Spicers as " alternative facts " ( alternative facts ). Todd replied, “Alternative facts are not facts. They are untruths. "( Alternative facts are not facts. They are falsehoods. )

Spicer confronted journalists with new rules at the first press briefing. Traditionally, the first questions to date have been addressed to the AP news agency and the major television stations; However, Spicer put the first questions to the New York Post , the Christian Broadcasting Network , the Spanish-language broadcaster Univision , the conservative broadcaster Fox News and American Urban Radio Networks. Spicer said that “even more different media” should have access to the White House - at least via video conference . External journalists will be brought in for the first time in January. Media could also be present that “have no resources for a correspondent” in Washington.

On April 11, 2017, Spicer attracted attention with a Nazi comparison that not even Adolf Hitler would have used chemical weapons against his own people, like Syrian President Bashar al-Assad . The statements made during the Jewish Passover festival were criticized, also because Spicer thereby excluded the German Jews murdered in the Holocaust from the German people and erroneously referred to the extermination camps as "Holocaust centers". The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect called on Trump to fire Spicer. Spicer later stated that he did not mean that Hitler did not use gas during the Holocaust. After further demands for resignation, he withdrew his allegation completely and apologized.

According to the German journalist Thomas Seibert, Spicer is an experienced press spokesman and “insider” of Washington politics. His Swiss colleague Sacha Batthyany, on the other hand, portrayed him as “hopelessly overwhelmed”. His appearance as the new press spokesman in the White House was received as aggressive by Stefan Tomik in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .

Spicer resigned as White House spokesman on July 21, 2017 after vehemently speaking out to President Trump's nomination of financial magnate Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director . He announced that he would continue to work until the end of August, but was replaced on the same day by his deputy Sarah Huckabee Sanders .

Based on his claim about the audience numbers at the swearing-in of Trump, Spicer made a guest appearance at the 2017 Emmy Awards . He was previously parodied by Melissa McCarthy several times in the comedy series Saturday Night Live .

Private life

Spicer has been married to television producer Rebecca Claire Miller since November 13, 2004. From September 16 until November 11, 2019, Spicer was a participant in the twenty-eighth season of the American TV show Dancing with the Stars .

author

In July 2018 he published a book Politics, the Press, and the President: The Briefing (dt .: The briefing: The politics, the press, the President ). Critics criticize a large number of incorrect or inaccurate information in the book. For example, Spicer confuses Christopher Steele with Michael Steele . He also describes a press conference in 1999 with President Obama, who was only ten years later in office. Also criticized is Trump's “adulation”, which Spicer describes as “a unicorn riding a unicorn over a rainbow” and Energizer Bunny .

See also

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Agence France-Presse: Sean Spicer becomes Trump's press officer. In: FAZ.net . December 22, 2016, accessed December 27, 2016 .
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  9. ^ Matthias Kolb: New US President - Show off, attack, distract . In: sueddeutsche.de . January 22, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Glenn Kessler: Spicer earns Four Pinocchios for false claims on inauguration crowd size. In: washingtonpost.com. January 22, 2017, accessed January 23, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Inauguration: Trump's spokesman calculates the audience for the press. In: welt.de . January 22, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2017 .
  12. ↑ "That was just the beginning". In: morgenweb.de. January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017 .
  13. ^ Brian Stelter: White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds. In: money.cnn.com. January 21, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Matthew Rosenberg: With False Claims, Trump Attacks Media on Turnout and Intelligence Rif . In: nytimes.com. January 22, 2017, accessed January 22, 2017 .
  15. ^ Matt Ford: Trump's Press Secretary Falsely Claims: 'Largest Audience Ever to Witness an Inauguration, Period'. In: theatlantic.com. January 21, 2017, accessed January 22, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Elle Hunt: Trump's inauguration crowd: Sean Spicer's claims versus the evidence. In: theguardian.com. January 22, 2017, accessed January 22, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Erik Wemple : Opinion - Sean Spicer delivers on Trump's brand promise. In: washingtonpost.com. January 22, 2017, accessed January 22, 2017 .
  18. ↑ Veit Medick : Starting weekend: 3 days President Trump - 5 observations. In: Spiegel Online . January 23, 2017, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  19. ↑ New US President - Trump advisor: "Our spokesman has alternative facts". In: sueddeutsche.de . January 22, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017 .
  20. ↑ Kellyanne Conway: "Our press officer has alternative facts about it". In: welt.de . January 22, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017 .
  21. ↑ Rachael Revesz: Kellyanne Conway says Sean Spicer gave 'alternative facts' at his first press briefing. In: independent.co.uk. January 22, 2017, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  22. ↑ a b sun: Trump's press officer: "It is our intention never to lie to you". In: Spiegel Online . January 24, 2017, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  23. ↑ Patrick Reis, Henry C. Jackson: Here are the media's first questions for Sean Spicer. In: politico.com. January 23, 2017, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  24. ↑ Ambros Waibel : Worse than like Hitler . In: taz from 13./14. April 2017, p. 14.
  25. ↑ Nicholas Fandos, Mark Landler: Sean Spicer Raises Outcry With Talk of Hitler, Assad and Poison Gas In: The New York Times, April 11, 2017
  26. ↑ a b Maxwell Tani: Sean Spicer apologizes for Hitler comparison: 'It really is painful to myself to know that I did something like that' In: Business Insider of April 12, 2017
  27. ↑ Lisa de Moraes: Sean Spicer Gobsmacks Press, Saying Hitler “Did Not Use Gas On His Own People” - Update. In: deadline.com. April 11, 2017, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  28. ↑ Thomas Seibert: Sean Spicer - the new voice of Donald Trump. In: Augsburger Allgemeine online. January 23, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017 .
  29. ↑ Sacha Batthyany: Sean Spicer Hopelessly overwhelmed spokesman for the US President. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of April 12, 2017, p. 4.
  30. ↑ Stefan Tomik: How Trump's spokesman upsets the press. In: FAZ.net . February 9, 2017, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  31. ↑ Glenn Thrush: Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary. In: New York Times online. July 21, 2017, accessed July 21, 2017 .
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  33. ↑ Hannah Pilarczyk: Sean Spicer at the Emmys: The Unwelcome Memory. In: Spiegel Online . September 18, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .
  34. ↑ Iris Alanyali: Emmys 2017: When Sean Spicer rolls onto the stage, Melissa McCarthy gasps for breath. In: welt.de . September 18, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .
  35. ↑ Fashion Weddings: Rebecca Miller & Sean Spicer. In: The New York Times . November 14, 2004, accessed December 27, 2016 .
  36. ^ A b Greg Price: Sean Spicer calls Trump a "unicorn" and "Energizer Bunny" in new book. In: newsweek.com. July 24, 2018, accessed July 25, 2018 .
  37. ↑ Jan Bösche: Book by Sean Spicer - Praise to Donald Trump. In: deutschlandfunk.de. July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .
predecessor Office successor
Josh Earnest White House Press Secretary
January 2017 – July 2017 		Sarah Huckabee Sanders
personal data
SURNAME Spicer, Sean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spicer, Sean Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American press secretary
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd September 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Barrington , Rhode Island , United States