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Donald Trump's trouble filling the role of White House press secretary will be highlighted during the final days of his administration as Kayleigh McEnany will reportedly be leaving early.
On the second day of his administration, Trump's first press secretary, Sean Spicer, was harshly criticized after falsely claiming that Trump's inauguration crowd size was "the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration -- period."
<p>Things did not improve after such a brazen lie at the first White House press briefing.</p><p>Spicer was followed by Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who was <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/mueller-report-busts-sarah-sanders-telling-blatant-lies-america-defend-trump/" target="_blank">busted in the Mueller Report for lying to the press</a>.</p><p>Sanders was followed by Stephanie Grisham, who simply refused to brief the press.</p><p>After Grisham came McEnany, who made a bold promise during her first briefing.</p><p>"I will never lie to you. You have my word on that," McEnany argued in a clip that became more hilarious every time she briefed the White House press corps.</p><p>According to New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman, McEnany won't stay around until the end.</p><p>"McEnany, while still on payroll, is finished at the White House, according to Trump advisers. She's not planning on staying around for next week," Haberman <a href="https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1350216001091235842" target="_blank">reported</a>.</p>
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Seattle cop given 'written reprimand' for tear gassing of reporter that was broadcast live on TV
January 15, 2021
During Black Lives Matter protests against police in Seattle, a shocking scene unfolded on live television when a CS tear-gas canister detonated directly next to NBC News reporter Jo Ling Kent.
The f-bomb can be heard off camera as the reporter shouted "we're moving" at her camera crew.
<p>Following the explosion, she updated that here and her crew were "OK and safe."</p>
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<p>More than seven months later, the Seattle's Office of Police Accountability ruled that the tear gassing "violated policy" and recommended a "written reprimand" for the officer responsible.</p>
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Even Trump's top economic advisor is now criticizing him for the fatal insurrection: report
January 15, 2021
Two days after being impeached for the second time, Donald Trump continues to receive criticism from within his own administration.
Following the unsuccessful insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, three cabinet officials resigned: Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf.
<p>His top economic advisor joined the chorus of criticism during an <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/kudlow-criticizes-trump-for-handling-of-riot-treatment-of-pence-11610749597" target="_blank">80-minute interview with The Wall Street Journal</a>.</p><p>"I was hoping that he would come out quickly and make statements calling everybody back and stopping the violence," White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said.</p><p>"Once the electoral college declared Mr. Biden to be president-elect, we would have been better advised to acknowledge that and to pivot toward talking about our positive achievements and the policies that generated those policy achievements," Kudlow explained.</p><p>Kudlow was asked about Trump's public criticism of Vice President Mike Pence.</p><p>"I was very disappointed in the president," Kudlow said of his boss. "The vice president's legal experts were very clear in providing Mike with the knowledge that he had a very, very limited role in the congressional certification of the electors, and virtually, except for a few extremists, the entire legal profession agreed with Pence."</p><p>Kudlow also commented on Trump's refusal to push masks during the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>"I don't think it helped the election and I don't think it helped solve Covid," he said. "I was not the only one who gave him that advice, by the way, on the economic team."</p>
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