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Showing Original Post only (View all)Spicey argued with WP reporter about whether he (Spicey) hid in WH shrubbery. [View all]
Shrubbery Gate! You can't make this up!
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/11/trump-interview-james-comey-fbi-firing-238291
Spicer missed the briefings Wednesday and Thursday while on Naval Reserve duty, but engaged in a heated argument with The Washington Posts national editor after the newspaper reported he hid in bushes Tuesday night outside the White House after doing a TV hit to defend Trumps firing of Comey.
Spicer said late Thursday that The Washington Post falsely described the situation and grossly misstated the situation around our attempt to brief the press.
A person familiar with the press secretarys location late Tuesday night said Spicer was standing between or behind bushes, but not physically in a bush.
More than 12 hours after the story ran, Spicer eventually secured an editors note. Spicer huddled with his staff among bushes near television sets on the White House grounds, not 'in the bushes,' as the story originally stated, the newspaper wrote.
Okay, he was "among" the bushes, not physically INSIDE the bushes. Glad we cleared that up.