# Sean Spicer Trump's first White House press secretary, whose first statement from the briefing-room podium — that Trump's inauguration drew "the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period" — was the event that produced [[Kellyanne Conway]]'s "alternative facts." He lasted six months. In 2026 he is a right-wing media host and the head of a pro-Trump group courting older voters for the midterms. ## Timeline | Date | Event | |---|---| | 2011–2017 | Communications director (and from 2015 chief strategist) of the [[Republican National Committee]] under [[Reince Priebus]] | | Jan 21, 2017 | Makes the crowd-size claim, rated four Pinocchios; he later said he regretted it. The next day Conway defends it as "alternative facts" — see [[Alternative Facts]] | | July 21, 2017 | Resigns in protest at [[Anthony Scaramucci]]'s appointment as communications director; leaves the White House at the end of August | | 2019 | Appears on *Dancing with the Stars*; appointed to the Naval Academy Board of Visitors (removed by Biden in 2021) | | 2020–2023 | Hosts *Spicer & Co.* on [[Newsmax]] | | Jan 14, 2026 | Launches Seniors Matter for America, a pro-Trump coalition targeting voters over 50 for the midterms | | Mar 2026 | Begins a Sunday show on WABC radio; also hosts *The Sean Spicer Show* and contributes to [[NewsNation]] | ## Why it matters here The crowd-size briefing is the first entry in the Trump administration's record of insisting on a false factual claim from the podium — the starting point for the vault's pages on [[Alternative Facts]] and on the administration's relationship to the press. ## See Also - [[Alternative Facts]] · [[Kellyanne Conway]] · [[Reince Priebus]] - [[Republican National Committee]] · [[Newsmax]] · [[NewsNation]] - [[2026 Midterms Hub]]