By the end, Spicer accused Ryan of pushing her own agenda and even instructed her not to shake her head at him. “No, we don't have that,” Spicer said when Ryan cited the White House's Russia issue. After some more back-and-forth, Spicer again spotted Ryan shaking her head and told her, “Please, stop shaking your head again.”This is hardly the first time a White House press briefing has featured a pitched battled between reporters and Spicer. Instructing her to stop shaking her head came off as demeaning, and a number of White House reporters took issue with it on social media. Yet the mere premise that Russia is an issue for the White House seemed to set Spicer off.

Source: Washington Post March 28, 2017 18:40 UTC