Mar-a-Lago Face Won’t Save You

Center: <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/katie-zacharia-2678099717/" rel="noopener nofollow">WSJ exposes the incredibly awkward moment Trump&#39;s press secretary found out she was fired — www.rawstory.com
Center: <a href="https://deadline.com/2026/10/anthony-scaramucci-katie-zacharia-trump-press-secretary-1237166304/" rel="noopener nofollow">Anthony Scaramucci Reacts To Katie Zacharia’s White House Tenure Being Shorter Than His: “Records Are Made To Be Broken” — deadline.com
Center-Right: <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6152937-zacharia-bar-exam-white-house/" rel="noopener nofollow">Zacharia confirms she did not pass bar exam — thehill.com
Center-Right: <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6155047-trump-press-secretary-controversy/" rel="noopener nofollow">Press secretary under Clinton says Zacharia was &#39;set up to fail&#39; — thehill.com
Right: <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/katie-zacharia-sean-hannity/" rel="noopener nofollow">&#39;Wow&#39;: Trump’s new press secretary pummeled after ‘brutally bad’ Sean Hannity grilling — www.rawstory.com
Right: <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/katie-zacharia-susie-wiles/" rel="noopener nofollow">Trump insider who set up Katie Zacharia with secret ‘kill order’ revealed: report — www.rawstory.com
Right: <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/10/16/trump-katie-zacharia-press-secretary" rel="noopener nofollow">Katie Zacharia ousted as White House press secretary — www.axios.com
Right: <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/hello-and-goodbye-katie-zacharias-is-out-as-white-house-press-secretary" rel="noopener nofollow">Hello and goodbye: Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary — www.theblaze.com

Source: www.motherjones.com · Section: politics · Bias: Left · Published: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:36:14 GMT

(Update: Hours after we published this piece, Zacharia was indeed fired. Proving once more, Mar-a-Lago face will never save you.) It is rarely an auspicious occasion when a White House press secretary becomes the subject of headlines. But by attempting the simple act of uttering words, that is exactly what unfolded when Katie Zacharia stepped […]