Spicer speaks: “[It was] better to give them an opportunity to have a clean slate"

“The president wanted to bring on some folks,” Spicer said in an interview with The Washington Post. “[It was] better to give them an opportunity to have a clean slate and evaluate what we’ve done. To figure out what’s working and what needs to be improved upon.”

Spicer was magnanimous on his way out, thanking the president for giving him the “unbelievable honor” of the job he’d always wanted, and noting that he would continue to serve in the position through August for a smooth transition.
But some maintain that serious damage has been done to his reputation.

“He was willing to defend every heinous act and every lie,” said Tim Miller, a former spokesman for Jeb Bush and a one-time Spicer colleague at the Republican National Committee. “But not work with the Mooch. That tells you everything you need to know about Spicer.”