Trump administration Press Secretary Sean Spicer just set off an explosion of incredulity across the internet. Spicer told reporters that Paul Manafort who served as the Trump campaign’s chairman for half of 2016 only “played a very limited role” in the campaign.

Manafort. Was. The. Campaign. Chairman.

He’s also wanted for questioning by Ukrainian prosecutors in connection with a corruption investigation in Kiev and Spicer might be trying way too hard to distance the administration from him.

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/843884639190179842

BREAKING: SPICER says Trump CAMPAIGN MANAGER Paul MANAFORT had "a limited role in the campaign." WTF's he talking about? This is a meltdown.

— Seth Abramson (@🏠) (@SethAbramson) March 20, 2017

Sean Spicer just asserted that Manafort — the Trump campaign manager from April-August 2016 — played only a limited role in the campaign.

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 20, 2017

https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/843884677140283394

Spicer is just flat out lying by saying Manafort and Flynn had small roles. That is a deliberate lie.

— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) March 20, 2017

Wow – Spicer now describing Manafort as playing a "very limited role" for a "very limited" time. He was chairman of the campaign!!!

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 20, 2017

Michael Flynn, who was national security adviser, was mere campaign "volunteer," Spicer says. Manafort played a "very limited" role. Got it?

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 20, 2017

https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/843887505111994368

Heh. This isn’t awkward at all.