President Trump’s former White House press secretary will be in The Villages on Thursday.
Sean Spicer, perhaps best known for his contentious relationship with the press, will sign copies of his book, “The Briefing: Politics, the Press, and the President,” at 2 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in Lake Sumter Landing.
Spicer has said that he hopes his book “sets the record straight” about the 2016 election and his time serving in Trump’s administration. The 46-year-old often has been critical of the media’s coverage of Trump’s campaign and presidential victory, which really led him to write the book, he told Fox News political commentator Sean Hannity in an interview this past December.
“I looked back at the coverage of the campaign, the transition and the first six, seven months of this White House, and realized the stories that are being told are not an accurate (representation) of what President Trump went through to get the nomination, to transition to the White House and then his first six months in office,” Spicer said. “I’ve decided it’s incumbent upon me to set the record straight.”
Spicer first started working for Trump in December 2016. He became press secretary on Jan. 20, 2017 when Trump was inaugurated and resigned on July 21, 2017 – exactly six months and one day after accepting the job. He left his post after citing displeasure over Trump’s decision to hire Anthony Scaramucci as communications director. The financier and entrepreneur lasted just 10 days before being fired by the president.
Since leaving the White House, Spicer has spoken favorably of Trump, occasionally appearing on Fox News to offer his thoughts. He’s promised to be active in campaigning for Republican candidates this fall. And his book tour will keep him quite busy as he signs copies of “The Briefing” for fans across the country.
Prior to joining the Trump administration, Spicer served as communications director of the Republican National Committee from 2011 to 2017, the last two years as its chief political strategist. A graduate of the Naval War College and Connecticut College, he married Rebecca Claire Miller in 2004 and the couple has two children. The Spicers live in Alexandria, Va.
