WASHINGTON — Mike McLintock, who has experience as the White House press secretary on the HBO show “Veep,” knows a thing or two about handling the White House press corps and is no stranger to foot-in-mouth moments.

The actor behind the character, Matt Walsh, was in Washington on Friday meeting with lawmakers about the National Endowment for the Arts. He talked with Julie Hirschfeld Davis, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, about what advice the on-screen spokesman would have for the man who holds the job in real life, Sean Spicer.

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