White House correspondent for American Urban Radio, April Ryan, claimed she has no political agenda after getting into a highly publicized spat with White House press secretary Sean Spicer during Tuesday’s briefing.

During the briefing, Ryan asked Spicer a question about President Donald Trump’s efforts to repair his administration’s image in the wake of ongoing Russian controversies, wiretapping claims and more. In response, Spicer told Ryan, “You’ve got Russia,” and argued the media, including reporters like Ryan, had generated false controversies to discredit the president.

“I am going on MSNBC ‘Hardball,’ is there anything I should say about Hillary Clinton on the show!”

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When Ryan pushed back, Spicer said, “It seems like you’re hell-bent on trying to make sure that whatever image you want to tell about this White House stays,” before adding later during the exchange, “please stop shaking your head again.”

Ryan played the victim Wednesday morning, appearing on CNN’s “New Day” to assert the heat from Spicer was unprovoked.

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“I was just asking a question, trying to get an answer. And I found myself trying to defend myself,” Ryan said. “But you know, I’m just a reporter trying to get answers. And it was a simple question. It was a legitimate question. And I just wanted an answer.”

Liberal politicians and female journalists swiftly rushed to Ryan’s defense after the Spicer exchange. Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton even went so far as to call Ryan “a respected journalist with unrivaled integrity” who was “patronized” by Spicer.

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Although Ryan admitted following a personal review of the footage that she did “shake my head,” “New Day” co-host Chris Cuomo gushed over her, insisting, “I do not think you needed to review the tape to see whether or not you were shaking your head.”

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“I think you’re allowed to shake your head whenever you want — especially when Spicer is doing what he does most often right now, which was giving a bogus response to your question,” Cuomo continued.

Ryan then asserted, “We are the press who’s under attack.”

“We are under attack by this administration. It’s about discrediting credible media,” Ryan insisted.

“It’s not about me. But if it becomes about me, it’s a sad day,” Ryan added. “It’s not about us. It’s about you, the people.”

Touting her journalistic integrity, Ryan even questioned the credibility and credentials of other newer and smaller outlets represented in the press briefing room.

“In that room that I’ve been sitting in for 20 years, and to see it recently, you just wonder about some of the people that are coming in the room now,” Ryan said. “Are they really journalists, or are they spectators posing as journalists?”

Ryan has had plenty of run-ins in terms of being seen as a partisan reporter. When WikiLeaks released a trove of emails from Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta’s email account last year, the emails exposed an amiable relationship between Ryan and the Clinton campaign team.

In late 2015, Ryan sent am email wishing Clinton luck before a Democratic primary debate.

“BTW, good luck Tuesday,” Ryan wrote. “No, Kick Some But [sic] Tuesday!!!!!”

On another occasion, Ryan emailed Podesta, saying, “I am going on MSNBC hardball [sic] is there anything I should say about Hillary Clinton on the show!”

Ryan also suggested Clinton meet with members of the Congressional Black Caucus, writing, “Hillary Clinton needs to sit down with black reporters fast. Her efforts in the black community are not resonating.”

Although Ryan has a history of injecting politics into her professional conduct, the mainstream media quickly pounced on the fresh opportunity to bash Spicer, Trump and the entire administration. MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough even went so far as to call Spicer’s remark “abusive” during a six minute-long Spicer-bashing segment Wednesday.

“The thing is, you just don’t have to be abusive,” Scarborough said. “And in that situation … I’ve never heard anybody be as condescending in that position and abusive for accusing somebody of doing something they weren’t even doing.”

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Guest Steve Kornacki, an “MSNBC Live” host, floated the idea that every time “a reporter like April Ryan speaks up … it’s in your mind that Donald Trump is behind there judging [Spicer] on, I guess, how tough you are, how forceful you are, those sorts of things.”

Co-host Mika Brzezinski chimed in, adding, “It’s very clear the problem here. The guy has absolutely no ability — none at all — none, to say, ‘Mr. President, this is the wrong thing to do.’ He can’t do it. He doesn’t have the ability.”

“And then he gets out there and he loses his you-know-what, because he’s absolutely tied up in his head and because he has an inability to speak his mind,” Brzezinski added. “Sean Spicer leaving on day two would have said a lot and done a lot for this presidency. It would have been better than him staying there, having on like a complete shill lying.”

Scarborough also blamed Trump, saying he required Spicer to be “abusive” to reporters.

“Sean Spicer should tell Donald Trump, ‘I’m not doing your bidding anymore if it means being abusive,'” Scarborough said. “But, nobody around Donald Trump is telling him the truth. Nobody.”