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r/news reacts as Katie Zacharia leaves the White House press secretary job after five days

The shortest stint in the job in memory, and the comparisons it set off.

The post linked a report that Katie Zacharia had been fired after five days as White House press secretary. The Associated Press (via FOX19) reports she is departing after a short tenure marked by her first and only briefing on October 13, which lasted about 14 minutes with questions from three reporters, and by criticism that she had described herself as a lawyer without passing the bar exam. President Trump told reporters he had advised her, "Honestly, if I were you, I'd reconsider," and said the press treated her unfairly; a person familiar with the matter said she was transitioning out. She had been named on October 9 to succeed Karoline Leavitt.

The thread is mostly jokes measuring her tenure against Anthony Scaramucci's brief 2017 stint as communications director. Others ask why the women in the administration seem to be the ones dismissed. About 47,900 upvotes in a 29-million-member community.

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President Donald Trump: Trump said he told Zacharia, "Honestly, if I were you, I'd reconsider," and "Katie, do you need this? I don't think you need this," saying he wanted her to have a good life rather than be "brutalized by the media," which he said had treated her unfairly.

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