Fox News’ Kimberly Guilfoyle is openly gunning for Sean Spicer’s job
The indignities just keep piling up on Sean Spicer. Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle is now openly gunning for the White House press secretary’s job, telling the Bay Area News Group of San Jose that “it would be an honor to serve the country.”
Infowars reported Thursday that Guilfoyle, part of the ensemble cast of “The Five,” is being considered as a replacement for Spicer, who was conspicuously absent from the White House briefing room on the two days after President Donald Trump fired James Comey as FBI director. The New York Times lent credence to the Guilfoyle rumor Friday, reporting that “Trump has raised the Fox News host ... to allies as a possible press secretary.”
The White House said Spicer was out because of previously scheduled Navy Reserve duty, but he had been on Reserve duty during the prior week, and CNN reported that he was benched in favor of deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, whom journalists seemed to consider more poised.
Now, Guilfoyle is campaigning for the gig, saying that she possesses the necessary qualities.
“I think I have a very good relationship with the president,” she told the Bay Area News Group. “I think I enjoy a very straightforward and authentic, very genuine relationship, one that’s built on trust and integrity, and I think that’s imperative for success in that position.”