Katie Zacharia’s first briefing began with the stilted recital of a homily about Trump’s greatness. It somehow got more awkward from there.
New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia made her debut on Tuesday. Which reminds me, it took the Titanic less than three hours to end its debut by sinking out of sight. But it was more qualified to do its job.
Zacharia read some awful boilerplate about the greatness of her boss, took some questions from the flying-monkey press now infesting the briefing room, and then she was out the door. From The New Republic: Oops, she collided with actual news. Guilfoyle indeed did resign, but has committed to clearing her name and fighting the allegations.
Of course, Zacharia's CV was not exactly promising. From CNN: Don't be messing with Paul Atreides, Katie.
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