{"id":2417708,"date":"2025-03-30T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-celebrates-reports-of-white-house-briefing-room-overhaul-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-30T17:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T21:26:04","slug":"gop-celebrates-reports-of-white-house-briefing-room-overhaul-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-celebrates-reports-of-white-house-briefing-room-overhaul-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP celebrates reports of White House briefing room overhaul &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-celebrates-reports-of-white-house-briefing-room-overhaul-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2417708&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the GOP is celebrating reports that the White House plans to take control of seating assignments in the Brady Press Briefing Room, a responsibility traditionally held by the White House Correspondents&#8217; Association (WHCA). This shift is expected to intensify the ongoing tensions between the Trump management and the media. Former White House press secretaries, including Ari Fleischer and Sean Spicer, have expressed their support for this change, arguing that seating in a government building funded by taxpayers should be managed by the White House rather than journalists. Fleischer noted that this arrangement previously allowed the White House to determine seating based on news outlets&#8217; attendance at briefings. However, any move to alter the seating arrangements could lead to increased conflict with the WHCA, following previous confrontations between the Trump administration and media outlets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-j6-pardons-signal-the-end-of-the-war-on-wrongthink\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s J6 Pardons Signal The End Of The War On Wrongthink\">including legal actions<\/a> over perceived discrimination.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">GOP celebrates reports of White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-senate-republicans-pile-on-pressure-to-approve-2k-stimulus-payments\/\" title=\"..., Senate Republicans pile on ...ure to approve K stimulus payments\">briefing room<\/a> overhaul<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2076692\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Well-known figures in the Grand Old Party, including two former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a> press secretaries, are celebrating reports that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">Trump administration<\/a> may take over seating arrangements in the Brady Press Briefing Room.<\/p>\n<p>The White House plans to seize control of seating assignments, taking that responsibility away from the White House Correspondents&rsquo; Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/30\/white-house-press-briefing-seating-chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to<\/a> <em>Axios<\/em>, stepping up its battles with the media members assigned to cover the president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3363589\/uaw-shawn-fain-no-tradeoff-anti-trump-pro-tariff-stance\/\">UAW&#8217;s Shawn Fain says there&#8217;s &#8216;no trade-off&#8217; between anti-Trump and pro-tariff stances<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3363510\/susie-wiles-life-experience-donald-trump-different-better-leader\/\">Susie Wiles says life experience has made Donald Trump a &lsquo;different person&#8217; and &lsquo;better leader&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3363546\/goldberg-unafraid-trump-administration-backlash-signal-chat-leak\/\">Goldberg unafraid of Trump administration backlash: &#8216;I don&#8217;t get bullied&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>WHCA has traditionally assigned seats for the room, which has 49 seats set up in seven rows of seven, with the largest news outlets traditionally getting the best seats and having them assigned for years at a time. <\/p>\n<p>However, former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden&#039;s Female...Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">press secretary<\/a> Ari Fleischer said tradition does not date back as far as some may think.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The decision re: who gets to sit in taxpayer provided seats in a government building should not be made by journalists,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AriFleischer\/status\/1906358193975861505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">posted<\/a> on X. &ldquo;It should be made by the press sec, as was standard until 2006.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fleischer, who was George W. Bush&rsquo;s White House press secretary from 2001 to 2003, told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>in an interview that President Ronald Reagan created the 49-seat arrangement in 1981, and that from that time through a renovation of the briefing room in 2006, the White House always had final say in seating choices.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People either don&rsquo;t have memories, or they have very short memories,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The White House made the decision of who sits where [before 2006]. They would make it in collaboration with the WHCA, but it was my decision when I was press secretary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fleischer recalled pulling the seats held by <em>Time <\/em>and <em>Newsweek<\/em> because those outlets were not regularly showing up to briefings, which caused a minor controversy at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I thought it was unfair to those who showed up every day,&rdquo; Fleischer said, adding that he is fine with returning seating arrangements to the White House&rsquo;s discretion if it comes to that.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It always struck me that these are taxpayer-funded seats in a government building, and it&rsquo;s just wrong to let a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">private-sector organization make<\/a> a determination on how to use taxpayer property,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I think that&rsquo;s bad government and ethically wrong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reporters raise their hands as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2025.(AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another former press secretary, former Trump spokesman Sean Spicer, also celebrated the news, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seanspicer\/status\/1906359084619620649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"writing\">posting<\/a>, &ldquo;Yes to this &ndash; keeping it going.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made her support known as well.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the FAKE NEWS wants to continue to attack, smear, and lie about President Trump and his administration then they can do it outside the White House fence!!&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1906376444466393591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> on X. <\/p>\n<p>But any briefing room shake-up is likely to escalate the White House&rsquo;s battles with the WHCA.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3329833\/trump-takeover-whca-press-rotation-white-house-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">first kicked<\/a> the <em>Associated Press <\/em>out of the Oval Office and off of Air Force One because the outlet refused to go along with President Donald Trump&rsquo;s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3360833\/trump-podcast-presidency-invites-hosts-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump furthers podcast presidency by inviting hosts to the White House\">Trump furthers podcast presidency by inviting hosts to the White House<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It then took over the process of deciding who would serve in the White House press pool, again removing the outlet from rotations, and now may be changing the briefing room arrangements where the outlet has long held the center seat in the front row. The news outlet is suing the Trump administration, claiming viewpoint discrimination that violates the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>has reached out to the White House and the WHCA for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2076692\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2076692\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP cheers potential changes to White House briefing room seating<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2417709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/White-House-press-briefing-room.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[52516,6203,7417,32076,32127],"class_list":["post-2417708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-briefing-room","tag-gop","tag-overhaul","tag-washington-examiner","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/White-House-press-briefing-room.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2417708"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2417712,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417708\/revisions\/2417712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2417709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2417708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2417708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2417708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}