Sean Spicer Accidentally Announces That Donald Trump Will Be Next HUD Secretary

In a Tuesday morning tweet, White House press secretary Sean Spicer announced that the wrong man had been confirmed as the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Donald Trump is, in fact, the President of the United States.

Spicer soon deleted that tweet and congratulated Dr. Ben Carson on his confirmation… but not before others caught his mistake.

I think someone handed him the wrong envelope pic.twitter.com/nbJxcAmShT

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 2, 2017

sean spicer so flummoxed by #Sessions news he can’t tweet straight pic.twitter.com/wCCn5op26h

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 2, 2017

More misinformation from the White House: pic.twitter.com/OeU0EmtmgT

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) March 2, 2017

[Image via screengrab]

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