The cameras in the White House briefing room clicked off.
A beat later, the room erupted.
“Well, shit,” one reporter said. People shot up from their chairs. Others just looked at each other, bewildered.
That wasn’t great, I thought, as my phone started buzzing with texts from other reporters, administration officials, and D.C. politicos who wanted to know what I made of what had just happened.
One shot me the awkward face emoji. “Shit show,” one source texted. Another called it “crazy.” I typed back as fast as they typed to me.
Moments before, Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary, had taken the podium for her first briefing.