--- title: Sean Spicer Resignation: A Look At Some of his Memes description: The ten best Sean Spicer memes that went viral. canonical: https://time.com/4868671/best-sean-spicer-memes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-21T17:59:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:33.838Z og:title: We'll Always Have These Sean Spicer Memes og:description: The best memes ever. Period. og:url: https://time.com/4868671/best-sean-spicer-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89a7a6801365323d/6988c15f97cdfffa146b015b/gettyimages-664169452.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2821 og:image:height: 1587 og:image:alt: Sean Spicer Holds Daily Press Briefing At The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: We'll Always Have These Sean Spicer Memes twitter:description: The best memes ever. 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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer at the White House on March 3, 2017.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 21, 2017 5:59 PM UTC Even Sean Spicer’s [resignation](http://time.com/4868546/sean-spicer-resigns-anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump/?xid=homepage) became a meme. As the White House press secretary announced he was leaving Friday, his resignation quickly became a flash point for online fun, but it was far from the first time he’d lit up the internet. > [](https://twitter.com/soapachu/status/888432343450603522) During his six months in the Trump Administration, Spicer’s combative press conferences, goofy fumbles and brash assertions of questionable truth became fodder for jokes, including a memorable parody on “Saturday Night Live” by actress Melissa McCarthy. Here are 10 memorable Sean Spicer memes. When he unforgettably [defended the crowd size at Trump’s inauguration](http://time.com/4834745/national-park-service-trump-inauguration-crowd-size-report/), social media users had him on that one with all the jokes. > [](https://twitter.com/markzohar/status/823016081061187584) From his statement, his definitive closer “period” was particularly useful for the internet to joke about untrue statements. > [](https://twitter.com/captdope/status/822993622983245825) His morning tweet that looked like it could have been a password sparked a ton of interest from social media users who had a field day with the gaffe. It ended up [not being all that official](http://www.newsweek.com/sean-spicer-tweet-twitter-password-press-secretary-trump-administration-gaffe-548831), according to Newsweek, and the situation was quickly rectified. > [](https://twitter.com/mattpark/status/824614992859320320) Someone discovered his Venmo account and everyone started pumping him for money on the platform and posting their best trolling efforts. > [](https://twitter.com/Swainsch/status/828798836436922368) Just for having his pin upside down, a universal symbol of distress, people wondered if the rotated accessory signaled he wanted out in a stealth way, or perhaps it was just a nod to the dark Netflix political drama _House of Cards_. > [](https://twitter.com/darth/status/840273741892337664) The BBC dad’s interview rocked the internet thanks to his cute kids bursting in. But the _Daily Show_ knew what it needed: a dash of Spice. > [](https://twitter.com/GIFs/status/841677660887515136) Wearing a kelly green tie for [St. Patrick’s Day](http://time.com/4705168/sean-spicer-tie-photoshop/) may have been a traditional move, but with it he gave the internet the perfect canvas for its favorite grand tradition: projecting everything it wanted to see. > [](https://twitter.com/McJesse/status/842481727419420674) Amid the online fallout resulting from the trio of blunders — [Pepsi’s tone-deaf Kendall Jenner ad](http://time.com/4726500/pepsi-ad-kendall-jenner/), [United Airlines’ overbooking crisis](http://time.com/4732783/united-airlines-man-doctor-removed-overbooked-flight/) and [Sean Spicer’s incorrect Hitler comments](http://time.com/4734994/sean-spicer-syria-adolph-hitler-chemical-weapons-holocaust/) — comedian [Chris Melberger](http://time.com/4737034/sean-spicer-united-airlines-pepsi-meme-2/) created a meme that perfectly encapsulated the [trifecta of missteps](http://time.com/4736157/sean-spicer-united-airlines-pepsi-meme/). > [](https://twitter.com/chrismelberger/status/851928818017239041) As soon as New England Patriots star tight end [Rob Gronkowski](http://time.com/4746773/rob-gronkowski-white-house-sean-spicer-reaction/) popped into his domain with an offer to tap in a kind of fight: the daily [face-off with the fourth estate](http://time.com/4742596/sean-spicer-easter-reading/), Spicer’s legitimate surprise at the entrance took off. > [](https://twitter.com/hunterschwarz/status/854736992533446657) This time, the Press Secretary became a meme without uttering a single word. [Spicer](http://time.com/4742596/sean-spicer-easter-reading/) made headlines after a [disputed report](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/10/as-trump-fired-comey-his-staff-scrambled-to-explain-why/?utm%5Fterm=.5105bda82667) that Spicer “hid in” — correction — huddled among a clump of bushes with his staff, after President Donald fired FBI Director James Comey. 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