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Zacharia ‘Transitioning Out’ After Trump Commented on Her Future

Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of the White House press secretary position, a White House official confirmed to the Daily Signal. President Donald Trump opened the door to Zacharia leaving the role on Friday. “I said, ‘Katie, do you need this? I don’t think you need this.’ So we’re talking about doing something,” he told...

Sources (1)· Oct 16, 7:30 PM

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Katie Zacharia committed an unforgivable offense that forced Trump to fire herIn the Catholic Church, committing a cardinal sin means you’re doomed. For those who aren’t Catholic, a cardinal sin would include killing innocent Americans in their neighborhoods or threatening to live-stream a third-world execution, On Wednesday, in a bit of prophetic writing, I stated — as a former press secretary myself — that newly appointed White…
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Trump 'Picked an Incompetent Individual to Do the Job': Katie Zacharia Out After Less Than a WeekThe tumultuous tenure of White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has already come to an end just three days after her first press briefing . After his new hire shambled her way through yet another Fox News appearance the night before, President Donald Trump said on Friday that he'd suggested Zacharia "reconsider" her role as the top White House…
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Katie Zacharia’s five days as press secretary expose flaws in Trump’s TV-driven hiringThe president reportedly chose Zacharia after seeing her on television, but her first press briefing and disastrous interviews sealed her fate And so Katie Zacharia joins the mayfly ranks of Liz Truss, Anthony Scaramucci , New Coke, CNN+ and Quibi. To say she burned twice as bright and half as long would be too kind. She went out like a firework on a…
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