As Mr. Spicer, Ms. McCarthy asked, “Have you ever told me to say things that aren’t true?”

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As Mr. Spicer, Ms. McCarthy asked, “Have you ever told me to say things that aren’t true?”
As Mr. Trump, Mr. Baldwin responded, “Only since you started working here.”
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Melissa McCarthy Plays an Angst-Ridden Sean Spicer on ‘Saturday Night Live’ -
By DAVE ITZKOFFMAY 14, 2017
This was not, let’s be honest, the best week to be Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary.
He’s trying to blend in with his surroundings.”
After other reporters suggested that Ms. Sanders should run these meetings full time, Ms. McCarthy, as Mr. Spicer, charged into the room, took over the briefing and attempted to explain
that Mr. Trump had not fired Mr. Comey to halt an F. B.I.
By Friday there were rumblings President Trump could replace Mr. Spicer or end White House press briefings altogether.
“I’m famous, it’s OK.”
Ms. McCarthy asked if it would be “like ‘The Godfather,’ when you kiss me and no one ever sees me again?”
Mr. Baldwin answered, “Yes.” So saying, they locked lips and ended the sketch.
The sketch opened with a White House briefing run by the deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders
(played by the cast member Aidy Bryant), who explained that she was filling in for Mr. Spicer.