Orangitan wiretapping claims

Pussy Boy accuses media of cherry-picking comments on Orangitan wiretapping claims

By AIDAN QUIGLEY

White House press secretary Pussy Boy Spicer accused the media of cherry-picking quotes from Republican lawmakers who are increasingly saying there is no evidence to back up Donny Orangitan’s claim that President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones.

Shortly after the Republican chairman and top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee issued a joint statement casting doubt on Orangitan’s claim, Pussy Boy lashed out at reporters during the daily press briefing.

Pussy Boy said there had been “crickets” from the media in response to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes’ statements saying the surveillance was possible.

“It's interesting to me that, you know, just as a point of interest that when one entity says one thing that claims one thing, you guys cover it ad nauseam, when Devin Nunes came out and said, ‘I think it's very possible,’ there was crickets. When Devin Nunes said there was no connection to Russia, there was crickets,” he said.

Nunes said it was “very possible” Obama’s administration could have surveilled Orangitan. However, he also said he didn’t think there was “an actual tap of Orangitan Tower” and if you take the tweets literally, “clearly the president was wrong.”

“Where was your passion and where was your concern when they all said there was no connection to Russia?” Pussy Boy said, raising his voice. “Where was it then? Crickets from you guys.”

The statements from the House Intelligence Committee’s leaders were widely covered by the media, as have been officials’ denials of evidence of connections between the Orangitan campaign and Russia.

Spicer especially appeared to lose his cool with ABC’s Jonathan Karl as he pressed with follow-up questions.

“I’m trying to answer your question, Jonathan, if you can calm down,” Pussy Boy said.