White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer rightly suspected that reporters might ask him Friday about President Trump's past comments questioning the accuracy of government data on employment. So when a reporter asked whether Trump stood by his remarks that the data were "phony," Spicer had a ready answer — and used words that he said were the president's. "They may have been phony in the past, but it's very real now," Spicer said. "If you're looking to the CBO for accuracy, you're looking in the wrong place," Spicer said Wednesday. "They were way, way off last time in every aspect of how they scored and projected Obamacare."

Source: Los Angeles Times March 10, 2017 20:37 UTC