According to Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer is doing fewer on-camera press briefings because he “got fatter”:
Steve Bannon's only explanation for why press briefings are routinely held off-camera?
"Sean got fatter."https://t.co/CEr2zTJZ8z pic.twitter.com/tfysw2cYuW
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 20, 2017
What is going on in the White House right now that Bannon put this in writing to a reporter from The Atlantic?
As for today’s briefing, there will be one after all:
Now WH says @PressSec will have a press briefing at 130pm. On-camera. https://t.co/yZLyuY2Pzk
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 20, 2017
There was no briefing at all on an earlier schedule for today:
Yesterday, no cameras at the WH Briefing. Today: no briefing. Amid reports Sean Spicer leading search for a replacement at the lectern.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 20, 2017
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