He was referring to the delay in Senate confirmation for President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, Congressman Mike Pompeo, but the comment came after a long digression about how many people had shown up to watch Trump be sworn in as president.
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Friday’s ceremony had the largest inauguration crowd ever, “period,” Spicer said, contradicting all available data.
He also expressed objections to specific Twitter posts from journalists on Friday.
And he said “we’re going to hold the press accountable,” partly by bypassing major news outlets and going directly to the public through social networking sites.
Spicer, at times almost yelling while reading a prepared statement, took no questions.
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