HOWIE: JOINING US NOW FROM LOS
ANGELES IS SEAN SPICER, THE
FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY AND NOW SENIOR ADVISER
TO THE AMERICAN FIRST PAC, SEAN
I'M TRYING TO REMIND YOU AT
WHITE HOUSE PODIUM ASKING WHY
MANY MEDIA CONSERVATIVES
INCLUDING FOX AND ELSEWHERE ARE
NOW CASTIGATING THE PRESIDENT ON
DECISION ON SYRIA AND KURDS AND
MILITARY ASSAULT, THIS ISN'T ONE
THAT CAN BE BLAMED ON LIBERAL
MEDIA, IS IT?
>> NO, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S
TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES, POLITICS
OF IT AND THE POLICY OF IT.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLITICS ON
IT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CLEAR
THAT HE MADE A COMMITMENT DURING
CAMPAIGN TRAIL THAT HE WOULD GET
OUT OF ENDLESS WARS AND YOU HAVE
SEEN HIM NOT JUST IN SYRIA BUT
THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE,
AFGHANISTAN AND ELSE CAN WHERE,
TALK ABOUT PULLING BACK U.S.
TROOPS AND BRINGING THEM HOME
AFTER YEARS OF FIGHTING WARS
THAT HE DIDN'T THINK WERE JUST
OR APPROPRIATELY STARTED.
YOU HAVE SEEN HIM TAKE THAT CASE
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, HE DID
IT YESTERDAY AT SPEECH WITH
EVANGELICAL LEADERS WHERE HE
TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE IS
BRINGING TROOPS HOMES AND
KEEPING COMMITMENT, THAT'S
SEPARATE THAN THE POLICY OF IT
AND YOU SEE REPUBLICAN LEADERS
AND FRANKLY LEADERS ON FOREIGN
POLICY ELSEWHERE, THEY ARE
FIGHTING HIM ON THE POLICY, THE
INTERESTING THING I SEE IN
POLITICAL STANDPOINT, MORE
CREDIT FOR KEEPING HIS WORD THAN
ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE MOST
PEOPLE DON'T GET INTO WHY WE ARE
IN SYRIA, WHO THE KURDS ARE AND
WHO THE TURKS ARE AND THEY
UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING IN INTERVENTIONS IN
COUNTRIES FOR YEARS ON END AND
LOST FOCUS ON WHY WE ARE THERE
AND THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITMENT
TO BRING THEM HOME RESINATES
MORE THAN POLICY DOES.
HOWIE: ON IMPEACHMENT MANY
JOURNALISTS AND PUNDITS
RATCHETED UP RHETORIC SINCE THE
PRESIDENT A FEW DAYS SAID HE'S
NOT COOPERATING WITH THE WHITE
HOUSE INVESTIGATION THAT HE
VIEWS ILLEGITIMATE.
I KNOW HE THINK HE SAYS THAT
THEY ARE BEING UNFAIR, PRIME
OPPORTUNITY TO ACCUSE THE WHITE
HOUSE OF STONEWALLING?
>> IT DOES GIVE THEM AN OPENING,
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S FAIR, IF
YOU LOOK BOTH AT NIXON AND
CLINTON IMPEACHMENT, THE HOUSE
DID VOTE AND CERTAIN FORMALITIES
THAT ARE AFFORD TODAY THAT, TO
THE PRESIDENT THEN IN TERMS OF
BEING ABLE TO CALL WITNESSES
HAVING DUE PROCESS, PHILOSOPHY
AND DEMOCRATS WANT TO HAVE IT
BOTH WAYS AND TALK ABOUT
IMPEACHMENT AND THEY DON'T WANT
TO PUT 31 DEMOCRATS IN TRUMP
SEATS ON THE RECORD AS FAR AS
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE AND
EASY TO SAY STUFF AND TO GO
THROUGH THE MOTIONS WITHOUT
ACTUALLY HAVING TO CALL A SPADE
A SPADE AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK
THAT THEY ARE PLAYING AND PELOSI
WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THEY
DON'T WANT TO PUT RECORDS, AND
YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD AND IT'S A
DIFFERENT GAME.
PUT YOUR REMEMBERS ON THE
RECORD, SHE KNOWS THAT SHE'S
BEEN SWAGING FAR LEFT RIGHT NOW
BUT SHE'S TRYING TO HAVE IT BOTH
WAYS AND WALK THE TIGHT ROPE AND
NOT PUT DEMOCRATS AT RISK AND
HER MAJORITY.
HOWIE: SPEAKING OF THE
DEMOCRATS, THE PRESIDENT SAYS
AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT THE PREZ
WHICH HE NOW CALLS THE CORRUPT
MEDIA IS PARTNERS WITH THE
DEMOCRATS IN THIS WHOLE
IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION AND DO
YOU BUY THAT, DO YOU THINK IT'S
TRUE OF ALL JOURNALISTS?
>> WELL, I'VE NEVER -- I'VE
ALWAYS SAID THAT YOU DON'T THROW
THE BABY WITH BATH WATER,
THERE'S A LOT OF JOURNALISTS
THAT DON'T DO A GOOD JOB, A LOT
OF JOURNALISTS TAKE THINGS TO
EXTREME, I DON'T THINK IT'S
SMART TO CAST ALL OF THE
JOURNALISTS WITH THE SAME BROAD
BRUSH BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HOLD UP
THE ONES THAT DO DO A GOOD JOB
AND THERE ARE SEVERAL, IF YOU
LOOK BACK TO MOLLIE'S POINT A
MOMENT AGO WITH RESPECT TO
SYRIA, YOU HAVE A LOT OF
JOURNALISTS EVEN WITH RESPECT TO
SYRIA POLICY DECISION WHO ARE
COMING OUT AND GIVING THEIR OWN
OPINION, RICHARD ANGLE EXAMPLE
WAS SPOT ON, HE'S TALKING ABOUT
IT BEING A STAIN, THAT'S NOT
REPORTING, THAT'S COMMENTARY,
YOU'RE SEEING THE SAME THING
WITH IMPEACHMENT, THEY ARE
SHIELDING HUNTER BIDEN AND JOE
BIDEN FROM THEIR PAST WHILE
GOING AFTER THE PRESIDENT AND
THERE'S A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK
WHY DID HUNTER BIDEN GET $50,000
A MONTH FROM UKRAINIAN ENERGY
COMPANY WHEN HE HAD NO
EXPERIENCE IN THE ENERGY FIELD
WHATSOEVER, THE ONLY EXPERIENCE
HE HAD WAS BEING SON OF SITTING
VLADIMIR PUTIN THAT WAS LEADING
IN UKRAINIAN ISSUES.
HOWIE: ABSOLUTELY FAIR QUESTION
TO ASK.
ABSOLUTELY, I AGREE WITH YOU.
>> HOWIE, HERE IS THE
DIFFERENCE, NOT JUST ASKING THE
QUESTION BUT I READ COMMENTARY
OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN SOME OF
THE NEWS STORIES WHERE IT'LL SAY
BIDEN DID NOTHING WRONG, WELL,
THAT'S NOT THEIR JOB, WE DON'T
KNOW IF BIDEN DID OR DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING, WE DON'T KNOW WHY
HUNTER BIDEN GOT THAT JOB, FOR
JOURNALISTS TO MAKE ASSERTION,
BASICALLY THEM COMING TO DEFENSE
OF DEMOCRATS AND BIDEN WITHOUT
KNOWING THE FACTS, IT'S AMAZING
HOW THEY RUSH TO DEFEND BIDEN
AND IMMEDIATELY CRUCIFY THE
PRESIDENT.
HOWIE: DISTINCTION BETWEEN
APPEARANCE OF GETTING ALL THE
MONEY WITH NO EXPERIENCE WHICH
STINKS AND CRIMINAL WRONGDOING,
YOU'RE STILL IN DANCING WITH THE
STARS, YOU DROPPED CURSE WORDS
AND HAD TO BE BLEEPED, WHAT WERE
YOU THINKING?
>> NO, THAT'S NOT ACCURATE.
IF YOU GO --
>> FAKE NEWS?
FAKE NEWS?
>> WELL, I DID NOT, NO, I WAS
EXCITED BUT I DIDN'T -- HOWIE:
OKAY.
>> I'M -- I AM DEFINITELY
EXCITED TO GO OUT EVERY WEEK BUT