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# Of Course Sean Spicer's Green St. Patrick's Day Tie Got the Viral Photoshop Treatment

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## Video: Sean Spicer Comments on Wiretapping Allegations

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_Published 2017-03-17. Press Secretary Sean Spicer provides comments to the White House press pool on President Trump's wiretapping allegations._


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## Cady Lang


Mar 17, 2017 4:08 PM UTC

Press Secretary Sean Spicer provides comments to the White House press pool on President Trump's wiretapping allegations. 

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## Cady Lang


Mar 17, 2017 4:08 PM UTC

White House press secretary [Sean Spicer](http://time.com/4661057/sean-spicer-melissa-mccarthy-snl/) got into the spirit of [St. Patrick’s Day](http://time.com/4704889/google-doodle-st-patricks-day-2017/) early by sporting a kelly green tie during his daily press briefing on Thursday.

While this festive attire ensured that Spicer [wouldn’t get pinched](http://time.com/4699771/green-irish-st-patricks-day-color/), it also afforded the Internet some lighthearted fun at his sartorial expense.

Twitter user Jesse McLaren saw untapped potential in the green tie and used it as [a green screen](http://time.com/4552033/kentucky-weatherman-halloween/) for other video footage, resulting in a hilarious video that has now gone viral, clocking in at nearly 40,000 retweets and close to 70,000 favorites.

Watch McLaren’s hilarious take on Spicer’s green tie below.

> [](https://twitter.com/McJesse/status/842481727419420674)


## Transcript

[00:00] Last on Fox News on March 14, Judge Andrew
[00:03] Napolitano made the following statement. Quote, three
[00:05] intelligence sources have informed Fox News that
[00:08] President Obama went out side the chain of command.
[00:09] He didn't use the NSA, he didn't use the CIA, he didn't
[00:12] use the FBI, and he didn't use the Department of
[00:14] Justice. He used GCHQ. What is that? It's the initials for
[00:18] the British intelligence spying agency. They show
[00:21] simply by having two people saying to them the
[00:23] president needs transcripts Of conversations involving
[00:25] candidate Trump's conversations involving President
[00:27] Donald Trump, he's able to get it and there's no
[00:30] American fingerprints on this. Putting published
[00:32] accounts and common sense together, this leads to a
[00:35] lot. All we're doing is literally reading off what other
[00:38] stations and people have reported. And I think that
[00:41] casts into concern some of the activities that may have
[00:44] occurred During the 16th election. Were not casting
[00:46] judgement on that. I think the idea is to say, that if
[00:49] these organizations, these individuals came to these
[00:52] conclusions. They merrily looking into.

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