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Sean Spicer is former press secretary to President Donald Trump. Previously, he was the communications director for the Republican National Committee.

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Sean Spicer
stated on February 8, 2022 in a tweet:

The Biden administration “is spending $30 million on crack pipes.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2022
Sean Spicer
stated on June 28, 2017 in in a tweet:

"28.2 million Americans are still waiting under Obamacare and remain uninsured!"

By Manuela Tobias • June 28, 2017
Sean Spicer
stated on April 25, 2017 in the daily White House press briefing:

Trump has "worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Truman."

By Lauren Carroll • April 27, 2017
Sean Spicer
stated on April 11, 2017 in comments to reporters:

Says Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons. ... He was not using the gas on his own people the same way that (Bashar al-)Assad is doing."

By Jon Greenberg • April 11, 2017
Sean Spicer
stated on March 21, 2017 in a press conference:

"Global food demand is expected to increase by 50 to 97 percent by 2050."

By Gabrielle Healy • March 30, 2017

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