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Top 5 Reasons I’ll Miss Sean Spicer

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Being the White House Press Secretary is a tough gig, even under the best of circumstances. Since the job was created in 1929, there have been 30 of them. The longest-serving press secretary was Stephen Early (12 years and 25 days, and then a few years later he came back to fill in for a couple of weeks), and the shortest-serving was Jerald terHorst (31 days). Sean Spicer stuck around for 182 days, but I’m sure his half a year on the job felt like half a lifetime. Spicer has come under a lot of criticism in that time, and dealt with a lot of mockery. But I’m going to miss him, and here are the top 5 reasons why. Drum roll, please… Number 5!