--- title: Sean Spicer: Democrats Will Miss Melissa McCarthy Impression description: Some Democrats said they would miss Melissa McCarthy's impression on Saturday Night Live more than they would miss Sean Spicer canonical: https://time.com/4868579/sean-spicer-melissa-mccarthy-snl-democrats/ author: Aric Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-21T17:07:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:40:22.158Z article:section: Politics og:title: Democrats Are More Upset About Losing Melissa McCarthy Impression Than Losing Sean Spicer og:description: "The real travesty is that this means goodbye to #FAKE Sean Spicer" og:url: https://time.com/4868579/sean-spicer-melissa-mccarthy-snl-democrats/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6409f5699fff5cfc/6988cd44cd1bba73d1705301/melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Saturday Night Live - Season 42 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Democrats Are More Upset About Losing Melissa McCarthy Impression Than Losing Sean Spicer twitter:description: "The real travesty is that this means goodbye to #FAKE Sean Spicer" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6409f5699fff5cfc/6988cd44cd1bba73d1705301/melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Democrats Are More Upset About Losing Melissa McCarthy Impression Than Losing Sean Spicer by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Jul 21, 2017 5:07 PM UTC  Melissa McCarthy as Press Secretary Sean Spicer during the 'Sean Spicer Press Conference Cold Open' on Feb. 11, 2017. Melissa McCarthy as Press Secretary Sean Spicer during the 'Sean Spicer Press Conference Cold Open' on Feb. 11, 2017.Will Heath—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Jul 21, 2017 5:07 PM UTC Press Secretary Sean Spicer abruptly [resigned from his position Friday](http://time.com/4868546/sean-spicer-resigns-anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump/?xid=homepage), sending shockwaves through Washington. As the news began to spread, a number of Democratic politicians weighed in on Spicer’s departure, which was prompted by [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4806749/sean-spicer-resigns-white-house-resignations/)‘s decision to name New York financier [Anthony Scaramucci](http://time.com/4868132/anthony-scaramucci-white-house-communications-director/) as communications director — a move Spicer and others within the Trump administration opposed. Some Democrats said they would miss Melissa McCarthy’s impression of Spicer on _Saturday Night Live_ more than they would miss the actual press secretary. Here are some of the reactions from Democrats: ## Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) > [](https://twitter.com/MaxineWaters/status/888428995779448832) ## Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) > [](https://twitter.com/RepKarenBass/status/888437847442817026) ## Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) > [](https://twitter.com/RepRaulGrijalva/status/888434731444051968) ## Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) > [](https://twitter.com/repdinatitus/status/888433768897417217) ## Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) > [](https://twitter.com/RepVeasey/status/888432684028092417) > [](https://twitter.com/RepVeasey/status/888433452474916864) ## Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) > [](https://twitter.com/LacyClayMO1/status/888433199038308353) ## Rep. Yvette Clark (D-N.Y.) > [](https://twitter.com/RepYvetteClarke/status/888434987443376128) ## Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) > [](https://twitter.com/RepDonBeyer/status/888435655516311553) ## Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) > [](https://twitter.com/GerryConnolly/status/888437833060503552) > [](https://twitter.com/GerryConnolly/status/888437973531983872) > [](https://twitter.com/GerryConnolly/status/888438198333997061) _This story is developing and this list will be updated._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4868579/sean-spicer-melissa-mccarthy-snl-democrats/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4868579/sean-spicer-melissa-mccarthy-snl-democrats/"},"headline":"Democrats Are More Upset About Losing Melissa McCarthy Impression Than Losing Sean Spicer","datePublished":"2017-07-21T17:07:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:40:22.158Z","description":"\"The real travesty is that this means goodbye to #FAKE Sean Spicer\"","url":"https://time.com/4868579/sean-spicer-melissa-mccarthy-snl-democrats/","keywords":["sean spicer","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6409f5699fff5cfc/6988cd44cd1bba73d1705301/melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6409f5699fff5cfc/6988cd44cd1bba73d1705301/melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Saturday Night Live - Season 42","caption":"Saturday Night Live - Season 42","creditText":"Will Heath—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/sean-spicer/","name":"sean spicer"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4868579/sean-spicer-melissa-mccarthy-snl-democrats/","name":"Democrats Are More Upset About Losing Melissa McCarthy Impression Than Losing Sean Spicer"}}]}] ```