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Trump’s New Press Secretary Holds Train-Wreck Debut Briefing

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia’s debut was so poor it made Karoline Leavitt look like Cicero. The newly appointed press secretary spoke slowly and awkwardly during her debut press conference Tuesday, as if she had never seen or uttered the words in front of her prior to taking the podium. Her cadence was clunky, closer to that of a fourth…

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Katie Zacharia visibly ‘nervous’ in first 14-minute White House press briefingPresident Trump announced Zacharia as the successor to Karoline Leavitt last week, with Monday being her first official day in the job.

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WATCH: New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia takes few questions in short first briefingRoughly half of Zacharia's first news briefing as the White House press secretary was a topper in which she read out President Donald Trump's achievements.

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Trump’s new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, keeps first briefing shortZacharia, a conservative commentator, stuck close to prepared remarks in her first outing at the podium. She called on three reporters.

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New Press Secretary Surprises Reporters in Debut at PodiumThe new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, made her debut Tuesday morning with a short briefing highlighting President Donald Trump’s accomplishments and taking questions from three reporters. “I’m looking forward to working with each of you as well, especially as we are in the middle of the midterm blitz with energy and excitement never...

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Kaitlan Collins Has 1 Major Beef With Katie Zacharia's First Press BriefingThe CNN anchor attended the press secretary’s first media conference and gave a tough review.

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‘She Can Barely Read’: New Trump Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Faceplants in First BriefingNew White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia gave her debut press conference on Tuesday and was quickly panned by critics, including some anonymous Trump administration officials. Zacharia's first briefing, which lasted less than 15 minutes, was marked by halting speech and apparent difficulty in reading her prepared remarks. The Trump press secretary…

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Trump's new press secretary raises eyebrows with bar exam responseWhile critics were quick to note Zacharia looked visibly nervous during the briefing, Trump and his allies praised her performance.

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