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Sean spicer, get your dancing shoes on taking a walk on the wild side. announces one of the cast members of this season's "dancing with the stars." but not everybody is happy about it. including the host tom. >> my preference qowld have been to avoid any political lightning rods. i think damaging at its best is oasis away from all of divisives and stuff we're wrestling with right now. and tom waste nod time teasing sean, watch. >> nice thing is john will be in charge of audience size throughout the whole -- good one joining us now sean spicer all right sean we saw you

They want conservatives banished from the public square and treated like political lepers. if you're a trump supporter, you shouldn't even be allowed to do a guest spot on the tv show. remember when that story broke one former white house press secretary sean spicer would be a contestant in the new season of "dancing with the stars," host tom bergeron protested. >> my preference, it's not my call. other people book the show -- would have been to avoid any political lightning rods. i think dancing at its best is an oasis away from all of the divisiveness and all of the stuff that we are all wre...

>> jon: he was on sirius xm radio talking about his thoughts about opposing spicer. he says "my preference would have been --" okay, we do have it as a sound bite. >> my preference would have been to avoid any political lightning rods. i think dancing at its best is an oasis. away from all of the divisiveness, all of the stuff that we are all wrestling with right now. >> i don't know. he wasn't a political figure. he was a spokesman for a political figure. is it all that -- >> this is not sean spicer's fault. sean spicer is not the person that has politicize every aspect of american life, and ...

He knows there's some hispanics, a small percentage but some hispanicings w hispanics who agree with him on immigration and will vote for him. he knows from watching fox and the data he's been fed from what's happening on facebook, if he can define the democratic party around the so-called squad, around aoc and others that they are lightning rods that that's what people want to talk about, that's what people want to share. that's what people want to pine on, he thinks that that helps him in cranking up the turnout that he needs and he knows deep down that his reelection path is narrower than t...

They were the only four people to vote while 240 others voted the other way. and they have all been lightning rods since they got in. they are always getting all the attention. nancy hasn't singled themselves -- they've done it to themselves. >> dana: can i make a point? i'm going to make a point. the squad only has four votes right now but they don't need that many more votes in order to cause nancy pelosi real headaches. it would take 18 votes for them to not be able to pass things. if people get frustrated with the establishment, that could happen. >> it's important for there to be a balanc...