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The internet is having a heyday with the sudden firing of White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia as a flood of memes pokes and prods at her five days on the job.
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flood → sign → job
Zacharia, 41, a mother of four from California who was a frequent guest on Fox News and conservative cable outlets before being tapped to fill in for Karoline Leavitt one week ago, was fired on Friday after officially joining the administration on Monday.
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who → tap → Monday
After a rough and tumble week with full of hiccups and awkward moments - including a flub in which Zacharia accidentally referred to the president as her husband - Trump told reporters on Friday that if he were his press secretary, he'd reconsider the job.
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he → include → job
'You don't have to do this if you don't want to,' Trump said he told Zacharia.
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he → have → Zacharia
'Honestly if I were you I'd reconsider.
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I → reconsider → ?
After the president's stunning turn on Zacharia just days after offering her the job, a White House official confirmed to the Daily Mail that the press secretary is 'transitioning out' of her role.
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secretary → offer → role
Immediately memes lit up social media sites with the news of the rotating-door exit and calls for the president to select a replacement.
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president → light → replacement
'Hear me out: Press Secretary Laura Loomer,' the far-right influencer who is close to Trump posted on X.
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who → hear → X.
In a follow up she photoshopped blonde hair on herself, a nod at the president's penchant for selecting towheaded spokeswomen.
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she → photoshoppe → spokeswomen
Trump's first term press secretary Anthony Scaramucci, who previously held the record for shortest tenure as Trump's secretary before Zacharia's ousting Friday, wrote an ironic tribute to the 41-year-old.
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who → hold → old
California Governor Gavin Newsom's press office posted this meme of Katie Zacharia after the White House announced she would be 'transitioning out' of the press secretary job after just a week working for the administration
Far-right commentator Laura Loomer posted an image of herself in a blonde wig with the caption 'I'm ready,' a nod at how Trump's past spokeswomen have been blondes
Kamala Harris-linked X account Headquarters posted this meme showing Katie Zacharia is 'open to work' using a LinkedIn-branded headshot
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Zacharia → post → headshot
Records are made to be broken,' Scaramucci wrote.
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Scaramucci → make → ?
'But I take no pleasure in other people's pain.'
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I → take → pain
Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom, also piled on posting a black and white picture of Zacharia at the podium earlier this week with the caption: 'In Memoriam Tuesday - Friday.'
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Newsom → pile → Memoriam
Independent journalist Chris Cillizza wrote how 'there is a Simpsons GIF for everything ... for example Katie Zacharia' in the caption of a post showing the Grandpa Simpson entering and immediately exiting a room after walking in a circle.
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Simpson → write → circle
Another piled on with 'OMG congrats queen' alongside a screenshot of a cut-off headline showing Zacharia was 'transitioning.'
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Zacharia → pile → headline
The post included a transgender flag.
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post → include → flag
The Kamala Harris-linked Headquarters X account posted an image of Zacharia at the press podium with the LinkedIn banner reading 'open to work.'
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banner → link → work
The anti-Trump Lincoln Project posted a clip from the show Project Runway with one of the contestants walking out over the pressure of the job captioned 'lmao.'
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Project → post → job
'Marco Rubio when he finds out he’s the new WH Press Secretary,' read another post with an AI-generated image of Rubio with long blonde locks and a briefing binder.
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post → find → locks
The announcement that she would be leaving the press secretary role concluded a whirlwind week for the 41-year-old, who was announced as the new press secretary under one week later.
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who → leave → secretary
Her tenure had been rocky from the start after a 14-minute debut briefing drawing criticism for her nervous stature.
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tenure → draw → stature
Trump later told Fox News he is in 'no rush' to name a replacement press secretary.
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he → tell → secretary
It comes after revelations that she never passed the bar exam after graduating from Pepperdine Law School despite describing herself as an attorney.
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she → come → attorney
She previously only lasted six weeks as a communications adviser at Homeland Security earlier this year.
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She → last → Security
Zacharia and her family are scheduled to have dinner with Vice President JD Vance and his family on Friday night, a source familiar told the Daily Mail.
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source → schedule → Mail
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