Katie Zacharia shut down rumors she was trying to impress her way back into the White House Press Secretary job.
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she → shut → job
Zacharia lasted just five days in her much criticized first run as the face of the Trump administration and held just one press briefing.
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Zacharia → last → briefing
The New York Post reported Monday evening that Zacharia, 42, did punditry on Right Side Broadcasting Network on Election Night in an attempt to audition to get the role back.
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Zacharia → report → role
Zacharia, however, immediately denounced the rumors in a post to social media on Monday evening.
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Zacharia → denounce → evening
'Reporters and outlets pushing abject falsehoods from anonymous sources are complicit in the fake news machine—and a big reason Americans no longer trust the media,' she wrote.
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she → push → media
I'm not auditioning for the role.
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I → audition → role
Claims that I'm trying to get my old job back as President Trump's White House Press Secretary are utterly fake.'
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I → try → Secretary
However, a trio of sources who are allied with Donald Trump said that she has been trying to convince Trump to give her a second chance and hoped he would see her on RSBN and offer her the job back.
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he → ally → job
Zacharia was also seen at the President's famous Mar-a-Lago resort this past weekend following the 'blue tsunami.'
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Zacharia → see → tsunami
Katie Zacharia shut down rumors she was trying to impress her way back into the White House Press Secretary job with Stephen Miller replacing Susie Wiles as chief of staff
Zacharia lasted just five days in her much criticized first run as the face of the Trump administration and held just one press briefing
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Zacharia → shut → briefing
She said it out loud.
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She → say → it
Truly embarrassing,' one source claimed.
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source → claim → ?
Zacharia has also been trying to impress new Chief of Staff Stephen Miller after he replaced Susie Wiles this week.
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he → try → Wiles
The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House for comment.
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Mail → reach → comment
The reports came as Trump gave an impromptu press briefing on Monday afternoon alongside Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White.
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Trump → come → White
The surprise appearance came after Trump joked on Friday that he had offered White the open press secretary job.
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he → come → job
Pressed by CNN's Kaitlan Collins on whether he has accepted the post recently vacated by Zacharia and Karoline Leavitt, White said he never tells the president 'no.
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he → press → Zacharia
'I don't tell the president no to anything,' he responded.
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he → tell → anything
'I didn't say no.'
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I → say → no
Trump then shot back that he had jokingly announced White was press secretary last week after what he called 'a very bad press day.
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he → shoot → what
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'I think I'm going to get Dana White to be my new press secretary,' Trump recalled musing last week.
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Trump → think → ?
A trio of sources who are allied with Donald Trump said that she has been trying to convince Miller and Trump to give her a second chance and hoped Trump would see her on RSBN and offer her the job back
The reports came as Trump gave an impromptu press briefing on Monday afternoon alongside Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White
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Trump → ally → White
Admitting he was 'sort of kidding' with the announcement, Trump noted the press ran with it and immediately 'wrote the stories.'
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press → admit → stories
Bringing White to the briefing room on Monday was just 'for a little fun,' Trump continued.
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Trump → bring → fun
But at the end of the briefing, White conceded he does not want the role nor any other job in politics.
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he → concede → politics
Zacharia was brutally ousted after less than a week, making her the shortest-serving press secretary in White House history.
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her → oust → history
Trump initially defended Zacharia after her tough start, accusing the media of treating her unfairly and saying questions over her background were irrelevant.
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questions → defend → background
The president went on to say he asked Zacharia, 'Is this for you?' and said he would have reconsidered if he was in her position, telling her: 'You don't need this.'
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You → go → this
After Zacharia left the post, her predecessor Karoline Leavitt shared a scathingly blunt assessment of her performance, saying the role 'obviously wasn't for her.
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role → leave → her
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'Look, the White House press secretary is a tough job,' Leavitt told Fox News.
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Leavitt → look → News
'I know that because I did it, obviously, for almost two years, and many people say it’s one of the hardest jobs in politics.
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it → know → politics
It takes a lot of preparation, and sometimes you don’t know how someone will perform until they go out there.
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they → take → preparation
Zacharia became the shortest-serving press secretary in White House history
Leavitt also implied that Zacharia was not prepared enough to take on the high-profile job, recalling that she 'prepared like heck' when she started.
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she → become → heck
'I poured myself into my preparation.
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I → pour → preparation
I read, I studied, I talked to every Cabinet member, I talked to the president.
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I → read → president
I just absorbed as much information as this noggin up here could,' she said.
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she → absorb → information
Zacharia also faced questions over her legal credentials after it was brought to light that she had failed the California bar exam in 2011.
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she → face → 2011
She then moved to Beijing with her husband and worked at a Chinese law firm.
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She → move → firm
Despite never passing the bar exam, Zacharia frequently appeared on news channels as a legal analyst, offering commentary on legal and political issues while identifying herself as a lawyer.
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Zacharia → pass → lawyer
Zacharia's rocky debut was followed by an uncomfortable appearance on Sean Hannity's Fox News show on October 15, just hours before she was pushed out of the job the following day.
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she → follow → job
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