Mediagazer: Sean Spicer, who served up falsehood as truth from the start, should have quit long ago and saved himself months of humiliation (Margaret Sullivan/Washington Post)

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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

Sean Spicer, who served up falsehood as truth from the start, should have quit long ago and saved himself months of humiliation — There's something about Sean Spicer that inspires pity. He's had so much to deal with: The brutal “Saturday Night Live” skewerings.

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Jake Tapper / CNNMoney:

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