earnest, the white house press secretary to barack obama and having served that role, if you put on your press secretary cap, what do you think watching the president this morning? well, you be know, chris what s extraordinary about it, i was actually thinking in the car today about the most probably the most controversial interview that president obama did in his eight years in the white house, at least controversial with the white house press corps. an interview he did with the woman named glow zell green, she was a youtube star. her distinguishing feature was she wears green lipstick in videos. and the thing about it is that we always made the case even to white house journalists who were insulted that he would talk to her instead of them, was we never viewed an interview with green as a substitute for engaging with professional journalists. we saw it as an opportunity for us to expand the audience and go to people who may not be getting political news. and what is striking to me
the most controversial interview that president obama did in his eight years in the white house, at least controversial with the white house press corps. an interview he did with the woman named glow zell green, she was a youtube star. her distinguishing feature was she wears green lipstick in videos. and the thing about it is that we always made the case even to white house journalists who were insulted that he would talk to her instead of them, was we never viewed an interview with green as a substitute for engaging with professional journalists. we saw it as an opportunity for us to expand the audience and go to people who may not be getting political news and what is striking to me about this is that president trump always only goes to the same source. and it explains why his base is loyal but small and not growing. and you know, even in watching the interview and some of the clips you played today, the journalists sitting on that couch and the hosts sitting on that couch were not
comedians in cars getting coffee of you have to have something you re looking forward to. what are you looking forward to right now? getting the hell out of this car. yes, the president will be in one of those cars with jerry sign field, though they ll never leave the white house grounds. we all remember the moments when president obama spoke to glow zell green previously famous for taking a bath in fruit loops and milk. i have two lipsticks. one for your first wife. oh, do you know something i don t? aglow zell just make a video with hillary clinton. i m excited and nervous. i can t wait to meet our next and first fe pale president. clearly she s ready to give