Sean Spicer Press Conference (Melissa McCarthy) - SNL — Transcript
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- 0:01>>> NEXT ON C-SPAN, THE DAILY WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING WITH
- 0:04PRESS SECRETARY SEAN SPICER. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
- 0:12>> SETTLE DOWN! SETTLE DOWN!
- 0:14SETTLE DOWN! BEFORE WE BEGIN, I KNOW THAT
- 0:21MYSELF AND THE PRESS HAVE GOTTEN OFF TO A ROCKY START.
- 0:22[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT,
- 0:26ALL RIGHT. IN A SENSE, WHEN I SAY ROCKY
- 0:32START, I MEAN IT IN THE SENSE OF "ROCKY" THE MOVIE.
- 0:34BECAUSE I CAME OUT HERE TO PUNCH YOU!
- 0:37IN THE FACE! AND ALSO I DON'T TALK SO GOOD.
- 0:41SO I'D LIKE TO BEGIN TODAY BY APOLOGIZING ON BEHALF OF YOU, TO
- 0:46ME. [ LAUGHTER ]
- 0:49FOR HOW YOU TREATED ME IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
- 0:51AND THAT APOLOGY IS NOT ACCEPTED.
- 0:53[ LAUGHTER ] BECAUSE I'M NOT HERE TO BE YOUR
- 0:57BUDDY, I'M HERE TO SWALLOW GUM, I'M HERE TO TAKE NAMES.
- 1:03[ LAUGHTER ] [ LAUGHTER ]
- 1:14OKAY, NOW LET ME WAVE SOMETHING SHINY IN FRONT OF YOU MONKEYS!
- 1:20I'LL GET BACK TO YOU. [ LAUGHTER ]
- 1:24AS YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED HIS SUPREME COURT PICK
- 1:29ON THE NATIONAL TV TODAY. WHEN HE ENTERED THE ROOM, THE
- 1:33CROWD GREETED HIM WITH A STANDING OVATION.
- 1:39WHICH LASTED A FULL 15 MINUTES. YOU CAN CHECK THE TAPE.
- 1:44EVERYONE WAS SMILING. EVERYONE WAS HAPPY.
- 1:46[ LAUGHTER ] THE MEN ALL HAD ERECTIONS.
- 1:50AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE WOMEN WAS OVULATING LEFT AND
- 1:53RIGHT. [ LAUGHTER ]
- 1:56AND NO ONE, NO ONE WAS SAD. THOSE ARE THE FACTS FOREVER AND
- 2:02THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE. WE GOT SOMETHING X, THREE, FOUR,
- 2:08CAPITAL P, CAPITAL T, EIGHT, FOUR -- NO, THAT'S MY E-MAIL
- 2:13PASS WORD, FORGET THAT. STOP WRITING THAT DOWN!
- 2:18NOW. PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE FOR TODAY,
- 2:213:45, PRESIDENT WILL HOST AN ENCORE SCREENING OF "FINDING
- 2:24DORY." [ LAUGHTER ]
- 2:27OKAY? THE STORY OF A FORGETFUL FISH,
- 2:28OKAY? EVERYBODY LIKES THAT.
- 2:32THEN AT 6:00 P.M. HE'S GOING TO ABOLISH THE NATIONAL PARK
- 2:34SYSTEM. BUT "DORY"!
- 2:35GOOD STUFF. SO IF NOBODY HAS ANY
- 2:40QUESTIONS -- >> OKAY, A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
- 2:46GO. GLEN FLUSH, "NEW YORK TIMES,"
- 2:49BOO! GO AHEAD.
- 2:52>> YEAH, I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE TRAVEL BAN ON MUSLIMS.
- 2:55>> IT'S NOT A BAN. >> I'M SORRY?
- 2:57>> NOT A BAN. THE TRAVEL BAN IS NOT A BAN
- 3:00WHICH MAKES IT NOT A BAN. >> YOU JUST CALLED IT A BAN.
- 3:02>> BECAUSE I'M USING YOUR WORDS. YOU SAID BAN.
- 3:06YOU SAID BAN, NOW I'M SAYING -- >> THE PRESIDENT TWEETED, AND I
- 3:09QUOTE, "IF THE BAN WERE ANNOUNCED WITH A ONE-WEEK
- 3:12NOTICE -- >> YEAH, EXACTLY, YOU JUST SAID
- 3:14THAT. HE'S QUOTING YOU.
- 3:16IT'S YOUR WORDS. HE'S USING YOUR WORDS WHEN YOU
- 3:20USED THE WORDS AND HE USES THEM BACK, IT'S CIRCULAR USING OF THE
- 3:24WORD AND THAT'S FROM YOU. [ LAUGHTER ]
- 3:29>> WHAT? [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
- 3:32>> SERIOUSLY GLEN, ARE YOU GOING TO START WITH ME RIGHT OUT OF
- 3:34THE GATE? WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE MY
- 3:37NUTS OUT SO YOU CAN GET A BETTER KICK AT THEM?
- 3:39>> YOU HAD TO HAVE KNOWN THAT I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION --
- 3:42>> SIT DOWN, GLEN. WHO HERE -- JUST BY
- 3:46SHOW OF HANDS, WHO HATES GLEN? QUICK SHOW OF HANDS.
- 3:48EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY. ONE, TWO, THREE, INFINITY.
- 3:51NOW, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT EVERYONE RAISED THEIR HANDS AND
- 3:54EVERYBODY HATES GLEN. PRINT THAT THAT'S YOUR STORY.
- 3:58NEXT QUESTION. GO.
- 4:01>> YES, I'D LIKE TO ASK ABOUT STEVE BANNON'S ROLE ON THE
- 4:03NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. >> OKAY, THAT'S A DUMB QUESTION.
- 4:05THAT'S A STUPID QUESTION. SIT DOWN, GLEN.
- 4:09>> MY NAME IS NOT GLEN. >> I KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING
- 4:12"GLEN" LIKE IN A GENERAL GLEN. IT'S YOUR WORD, IT'S YOUR WORD.
- 4:17NEXT, GO. >> YEAH, I'M ALSO CONCERNED
- 4:20ABOUT STEVE BANNON, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING HE'S THE ONE
- 4:22BEHIND THIS MUSLIM BAN. >> YEAH, ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS
- 4:26STILL AREN'T GETTING IT. YOU NEED SOME PROPS?
- 4:30MY WORD'S TOO BIG, I GOT TO SHOW YOU IN PICTURES?
- 4:33GREAT, HERE WE GO. WHEN IT COMES TO THE DECISIONS
- 4:38THE CONSTITUTION GIVES OUR PRESIDENT LOTS OF POWER.
- 4:43AND STEVE BANNON IS THE KEY ADVISER.
- 4:48[ LAUGHTER ] OKAY?
- 4:49AND OUR PRESIDENT WILL NOT BE DETERRED.
- 4:53[ LAUGHTER ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
- 4:59IN HIS FIGHT AGAINST RADICAL MOOSE-LAMBS.
- 5:05NOW DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
- 5:07>> YEAH, "WALL STREET JOURNAL." ARE YOU OKAY?
- 5:11[ LAUGHTER ] >> TAKE IT, TAKE IT, TAKE IT,
- 5:17TAKE IT! YOU CANNOT COME AT ME LIKE THAT,
- 5:23I WILL PUT YOU IN THE CORNER WITH CNN!
- 5:26>> WE'RE NOT FAKE NEWS! >> YOU LIKE THAT, YOU LIKE THAT,
- 5:29DORK? YOU LIKE THAT, DORK?
- 5:31[ LAUGHTER ] COOL OUT, ALL RIGHT?
- 5:46OBVIOUSLY I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT BETSY
- 5:50DeVOS, OKAY? NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY OF
- 5:53EDUCATION. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE HER HERE
- 5:55TODAY TO FIELD SOME FEW -- FIELD FEW SIMPLE QUESTIONS -- WHICH
- 5:59I'M SURE SHE'S CAPABLE OF DOING. BETSY!
- 6:05[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO.
- 6:07THANK YOU, YEAH. YES.
- 6:10THE MAN? >> HI.
- 6:12I DON'T THINK WE EVER GOT A CLEAR ANSWER ON THIS.
- 6:14HOW DO YOU VALUE GROWTH VERSUS PROFICIENCY IN MEASURING
- 6:17PROGRESS IN STUDENTS? [ LAUGHTER ]
- 6:23>> YEAH, WELL, I -- I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SCHOOL.
- 6:26[ LAUGHTER ] BUT I DO -- I DO THINK THERE
- 6:28SHOULD BE A SCHOOL. PROBABLY JESUS SCHOOL.
- 6:34AND I DO THINK IT SHOULD HAVE WALLS AND ROOF AND GUN FOR
- 6:41POTENTIAL GRIZZLY -- >> THANK YOU.
- 6:42THAT'S ENOUGH FOR NOW. THANK YOU.
- 6:46I'LL ACCEPT ONE LAST QUESTION. YEAH I'LL TAKE THIS LOSER.
- 6:51>> I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE STATEMENT THE WHITE HOUSE
- 6:53RELEASED ON HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY.
- 6:55DO YOU THINK IT WAS ANTI-SEMITIC TO NOT EVEN MENTION THE JEWISH
- 6:58PEOPLE IN THIS STATEMENT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- 7:01[ LAUGHTER ] WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- 7:07>> THIS IS SOAPY WATER AND I'M WASHING THAT FILTHY LYING MOUTH
- 7:09OUT! [ LAUGHTER ]
- 7:13[ APPLAUSE ] FIRST OF ALL, HOW COULD THE
- 7:17STATEMENT, A STATEMENT BE ANTI-SEMITIC?
- 7:20THE GUY WHO WROTE IT WAS SUPER JEWY.
- 7:21[ LAUGHTER ] OKAY?
- 7:24AND THE FACT IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE SUFFERED IN THE
- 7:26HOLOCAUST, IT WASN'T JUST THE JEWS.
- 7:29IT WAS ALSO THE GYPSIES, THE LESBIES, AND THESE OTHER GUYS.
- 7:32THAT'S YOUR WORDS. YOUR WORDS!
- 7:36THAT'S ENOUGH FOR TODAY. SPICY'S GOT TO GO BYE-BYE RIGHT
- 7:40NOW, NEED A BIG-BOY NAP. WAKE ME UP EXACTLY ONE MINUTE
- 7:44BEFORE TOMORROW'S PRESS CONFERENCE.
- 7:47AND LIVE FROM NEW YORK IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT!
- 7:49>> YEAH, THAT ALREADY HAPPENED. [ LAUGHTER ]
- 7:52[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
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