Sean Spicer
| Sean Spicer | |
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| 30th White House Press Secretary | |
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Assumed office January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Josh Earnest |
| White House Director of Communications | |
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Assumed office January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Jen Psaki |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Sean Michael Spicer September 23, 1971 Manhasset, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Rebecca Miller (m. 2004) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education |
Connecticut College (BA) Naval War College (MA) |
| Website |
Official twitter Personal twitter |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1999–present |
| Rank |
 Commander
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| Unit | U.S. Navy Reserve |
Sean Michael Spicer (born September 23, 1971) is the White House press secretary and communications director for President Donald Trump.
Spicer was communications director of the Republican National Committee, from 2011 to 2017, and its chief strategist, from 2015 to 2017. On December 22, 2016, Spicer was named as Trump's White House press secretary, and two days later, he was also named White House communications director. He assumed both positions with Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017.
Spicer's first official statement as press secretary was criticized for making what became called alternative facts regarding the inauguration's attendance numbers. In his statement, he also claimed that the inauguration was "the most watched ever", but subsequently stated that he was referring not only to live attendees at the ceremony or those watching on TV, but also viewers who watched the inauguration online. However, no conclusive figures are available for online viewers, and so such a claim cannot be substantiated.
Spicer is the son of Kathryn (née Grossman) and Michael William Spicer. While the Spicers were living in Port Washington, he was born at North Shore Hospital in Manhasset, New York. Spicer grew up in Barrington, Rhode Island. His father was an insurance agent and his mother is the department manager in the East Asian studies department at Brown University.
Spicer attended Portsmouth Abbey School, from 1985 to 1989. Spicer volunteered for local political campaigns in Rhode Island while in high school and continued those activities while at college in Connecticut.
He attended Connecticut College from 1989 to 1993, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in government. In college he was a student senator. In April 1993, he wrote a letter to the student paper, The College Voice, urging that new campus anti-smoking rules not alter existing accommodations for smoking during examinations, then submitted an angry complaint after they rendered his byline as "Sean Sphincter", for which he received further ribbing from the campus satirical publication Blats. The incident was later cited as the beginning of his contentious relationship with the media.
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