New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia holds her first press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 13, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
The disastrous debut by new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has raised new questions over how she landed the job with MS NOW host Joe Scarborough saying she may be the worst Donald Trump hire yet.
After sharing clips of the woman who has claimed to be an attorney stumble through 14 minutes before the White House press corps, the MS Now co-host stated, “This is the worst vetting in a decade for the White House since Bernie Kerik.”
Saying he was flooded with phone calls Tuesday night, he added, “White House officials were blindsided. And now I can't even repeat some of the things they are saying about this decision. But inside the White House they are angry.”
Co-host Jonathan Lemire contributed, “I mean, the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, was not consulted on this. This is from President Trump, who had seen her do a number of media appearances. She's been on Newsmax, she's done some Fox News. There's some reporting from [Politico] Playbook that in recent weeks, after Karoline Leavitt announced that she was going to leave, that the new press secretary timed her media appearances to moments where she thought President Trump might be watching.“
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