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Twitter Was Not Ready to Yuk it Up With Sean Spicer at the Emmys
Lying for a vindictive, incompetent president is not something to celebrate, according to many media watchers.
Ariel Sobel
September 18 2017 9:18 AM EST
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After Stephen Colbert brought former White House press secretary Sean Spicer onto the Emmy stage on Sunday, some thought it was a good joke. But others sharply criticized Spicer's presence -- noting his role in the Trump administration's relentless dishonesty is anything but a laughing matter. The quick cameo, which definitely serviced Spicer's reputation, elicited numerous responses on social media. Here are the most compelling.
\u201cEmmys: We're awarding several women & POC tonight. That'll fix our image.\n\nAlso Emmys: Meet America's favorite Hitler defender, Sean Spicer.\u201d— The Volatile Mermaid (@The Volatile Mermaid) 1505742889
\u201cWe've spent a week litigating how much time Hillary deserves in the public eye, but Sean Spicer is gearing up for fucking carpool karaoke.\u201d— Lauren Duca (@Lauren Duca) 1505736348
\u201cPretty sure everyone at the Emmys should have been giving Sean Spicer the Tommy Lee Jones treatment.\u201d— Jefferey (@Jefferey) 1505743867
\u201cWish I was at the Emmys so I could have jerked off @seanspicer too!\u201d— Seth Rogen (@Seth Rogen) 1505735522
\u201cIf you're a white man in this country, your reputation can quickly recover after anything. Anything. ANY-FUCKING-THING.\n\n#SeanSpicer\u201d— Charlotte Clymer \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Charlotte Clymer \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1505739761
\u201cAn industry that celebrates actual child rapist Roman Polanski is worried that the Emmys might have "normalized" Sean Spicer\u201d— Matt Walsh (@Matt Walsh) 1505742787
\u201cSean Spicer is an accessory to an ongoing attack on American democracy. Stop giggling and pull your head of of your ass.\u201d— Lauren Duca (@Lauren Duca) 1505736348
\u201cThere wasn't anything funny about Sean Spicer repeatedly lying, sowing confusion and fear during a frightening time, like the travel ban.\u201d— jon ronson (@jon ronson) 1505736941
\u201cMemorializing Roger Ailes and lionizing Sean Spicer - who stands against the 1st Amendment and our craft - the Emmys lost all credibility\u201d— Keith Olbermann (@Keith Olbermann) 1505732124
\u201cI've reported in 5 conflict zones, wrote a book and still have trouble getting men to take me seriously but Sean Spicer works at Harvard now\u201d— Sulome (@Sulome) 1505698066
\u201cSo, we are rewarding @seanspicer for lying through his teeth day after day in the name of the trump? The Republican Party? It's not cute.\u201d— Chelsea Handler (@Chelsea Handler) 1505752181
\u201c5 months ago, Sean Spicer denied that Hitler gassed people during the Holocaust. Now the Emmys turned him into a "likeable" comedy figure.\u201d— Denizcan S. (@Denizcan S.) 1505751751
\u201cIrony: People plead for the media not to do for @seanspicer what it spent over a year doing for @realDonaldTrump ... normalize dishonesty. https://t.co/JJYaDMcZrA\u201d— Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) (@Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired)) 1505735659
\u201cSean Spicer is an opportunist who regularly lied directly to citizens as the spokesperson for an elected leader. Did I miss the funny bit?\u201d— Brian Klaas (@Brian Klaas) 1505719574
\u201c"#Emmy for best quisling goes to #SeanSpicer, who lied to America,denied the Holocaust,supported #WhiteSupremacy & then joked about it all."\u201d— Victoria Brownworth (@Victoria Brownworth) 1505727736
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