Court Jester Jay Carney bidding farewell to the White House; Replacement named

Guess all that spinning wore him out.

PRes Obama announces Jay Carney to step down as Press Secretary.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 30, 2014

Jay Carney is resigning as White House Press Secretary… announced by President Obama in the briefing room.

— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) May 30, 2014

Hashtag awkward hug on Obama's way out. https://t.co/R5Xgk0yT0q

— Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) May 30, 2014

Obama calls Carney "one of my closest friends in Washington"

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 30, 2014

Obama announcing jay carney is departing the White House http://t.co/DxmXwEYcGy

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 30, 2014

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Obama: “I’m going to miss him a lot. I’m going to continue to rely on him as a friend and advisor”

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 30, 2014

Hey, maybe the president will pick someone competent to take Jay’s place:

Now the new press sec…

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 30, 2014

Nah. It’s just this guy:

BREAKING: @jearnest44 is the new White House Press Secretary

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 30, 2014

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This should be fun.

Pessimistic take: Hard to believe Josh Earnest can possibly annoy the shit out of America as much as Jay

— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) May 30, 2014

Just give him some time.

So Josh Earnest will be next to hem, haw, and refer WH press corps to other gov officials for answers.

— Eric H. (@ericinva) May 30, 2014

Plus ça change!

Carney is gone, but it's still a clown show.

— Jerome Hudson (@JeromeEHudson) May 30, 2014

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets and text.

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