Sean Spicer speaks out on his White House role: 'I'm right here'

White House press secretary Sean Spicer sounded off on reports that he is helping in the search for his own replacement on Tuesday, simply stating he's "right here."
Reports emerged on Monday that Spicer was reaching out to prospective candidates to take over his position as part of a larger White House communications shake up, prompting many to question the press secretary's trajectory within the Trump administration.
"It's no secret that we've had a couple vacancies, including our communications director who has been gone for awhile," Spicer said when asked about his role within the Trump administration. "We've been seeking input from individuals as far as ideas that they have. We're always looking for ways to do a better job of articulating the president's message and agenda."
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Spicer held an off-camera briefing with the White House press corps on Monday, spurring a wave of outrage from reporters. CNN's Jim Acosta even went as far as to call the press secretary "kind of useless."
White House chief strategist Steve Bannon weighed in on Spicer's more frequent off-camera briefings, saying they're more prevalent because he "got fatter."
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White House Communications Director Sean Spicer holds the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 2, 2017.
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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer (L) takes questions during a daily briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House January 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. Spicer conducted his first official White House daily briefing to take questions from the members of the White House press corps.
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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer holds the daily press briefing January 23, 2017 at the White House in Washington, DC.
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U.S. President Donald Trump (L-R), joined by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, senior advisor Steve Bannon, Communications Director Sean Spicer and National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, speaks by phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 28, 2017.
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White House spokesman Sean Spicer takes questions during his press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2017.
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Rivals Brad Woodhouse (left) and Sean Spicer pose for a photograph outside Bullfeathers in Washington, D.C. on November 08, 2011. Sean Spicer and Brad Woodhouse (spokesmen for the RNC and DNC) hosts Congressional and other flacks to the 1st Annual 'Flacks for Flacks Who Wear Flak Jackets' Benefiting Military Public Affairs Officers serving in Afghanistan.
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Trump advisor Steve Bannon (2L), White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (R), and White House spokesman Sean Spicer look on before the announcement of the Supreme Court nominee at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2017. President Donald Trump nominated federal appellate judge Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee, tilting the balance of the court back in the conservatives' favor.
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Sean Spicer, White House press secretary, center, attends a swearing in ceremony of White House senior staff in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. Trump today mocked protesters who gathered for large demonstrations across the U.S. and the world on Saturday to signal discontent with his leadership, but later offered a more conciliatory tone, saying he recognized such marches as a hallmark of our democracy.
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Sean Spicer, left, is the new communications director for the Republican National Committee, and Rick Wiley, is the RNC� new political director.
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Sean Spicer, White House press secretary, arrives to a swearing in ceremony of White House senior staff in the East Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump today mocked protesters who gathered for large demonstrations across the U.S. and the world on Saturday to signal discontent with his leadership, but later offered a more conciliatory tone, saying he recognized such marches as a 'hallmark of our democracy.'
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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer makes a statement to members of the media at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. This was Spicer's first press conference as Press Secretary where he spoke about the media's reporting on the inauguration's crowd size.
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Stephen Miller(L) and Sean Spicer, arrive to meet with US President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York on January 10, 2017.
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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer makes a statement to members of the media at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. This was Spicer's first press conference as Press Secretary where he spoke about the media's reporting on the inauguration's crowd size.
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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer holds the daily press briefing January 23, 2017 at the White House in Washington, DC.
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Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer takes a photo with his cell phone on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States.
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Sean Spicer, incoming press secretary for President-elect Donald Trump leaves from Trump Tower after meetings on January 5, 2017, in New York.
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Chief Strategist and Communications Director at the Republican National Committee, Sean Spicer is interviewed in his office at the committee's headquarters on Monday August 15, 2016 in Washington, DC.
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National security adviser General Michael Flynn (L) arrives to deliver a statement next to Press Secretary Sean Spicer during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington U.S., February 1, 2017.
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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks during a daily briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House January 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. Spicer conducted his first official White House daily briefing to take questions from the members of the White House press corps.
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Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks as television screen displays journalists who participate in the daily briefing via Skype at the White House in Washington U.S., February 1, 2017.
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Spicer was also asked about the administration's decision to hold less on-camera briefings, to which the press secretary was adamant that President Trump and the current White House communications team are more accessible than those within other administrations in recent history.
"We're gonna do what we can to communicate our message," Spicer said. "I think the briefing is one aspect of what we do."
Spicer also noted that the White House communications team has made itself available "almost 24 hours a day."
"We've looked at a lot of data that suggests that when you look at the number of availabilities and interviews the president has given, it's pretty significant compared to previous presidents," Spicer added. "You always want more."
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