Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer was accused by a man at a book signing on Friday of using a racial slur when the two were in prep school together, after which the man declared he was no longer afraid to “fight” Spicer.
In a video published by NewportRI.com, a man identified as Alex Lombard is seen yelling to Spicer during a book signing in Middletown, R.I., telling the Rhode Island native that they had attended the Portsmouth Abbey School together in the state.
“Sean, I was a day student at [Portsmouth] Abbey, too, with you,” Lombard said.
“Hey,” Spicer appears to respond to Lombard in the video. “Yes, how are you?”
“You don’t remember that you tried to fight me?” continued Lombard, who is African-American. “But you called me a [n-word] first.”
Security personnel are then seen in the video escorting the man out while another person in line calls for him to be arrested.
“I was 14 then. I was a scared kid then, Sean. I’m not scared to fight you now,” Lombard is heard yelling. – READ MORE
[divider][/divider]CNN reporter Jim Acosta said Sunday that he turned down a request to appear on former White House press secretary Sean Spicer‘s new talk show because he’s not interested in helping Spicer resurrect his career.
“We politely turned that down,” Acosta said on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” when asked if he’d appear on a new TV show Spicer is developing.
“My sense of it is that Sean has crossed the line from being somebody who was a former press secretary to somebody who wants to resurrect his career and go on Fox News and bash CNN. And if he’s going to do that, I don’t think we should give him time to do that,” Acosta said.
Acosta’s comments come days after The New York Times reported Spicer’s plans to become a talk-show host. No network has yet picked up his show, tentatively called “Sean Spicer’s Common Ground.” The first episode is expected to be filmed this month. – READ MORE
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