“It is highly unlikely that press secretary Sean Spicer and presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway loaded their boss up with Red Bull Thursday morning and advised him to become unhinged during the press conference,” Jen Psaki wrote. | AP Photo Jen Psaki's advice to Spicer and Conway: Stop lying

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, can help turn the White House around by being more factually accurate and policy-focused, former communications director Jen Psaki wrote Friday for CNN.

Psaki, who served under President Obama, wrote that some of the White House’s early missteps were due to the communications team, such as the “sloppy” rollout of the executive order on immigration and television interviews with “unprepared” senior officials.


However, a lot of the communications problems are due to President Donald Trump’s unprecedented approach to the presidency.

“It is highly unlikely that press secretary Sean Spicer and presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway loaded their boss up with Red Bull Thursday morning and advised him to become unhinged during the press conference,” she wrote.

Psaki wrote Spicer and Conway need to stop lying and check their facts before telling them to the American people.

“If the fact that you are speaking on behalf of the United States government and that the American people rely on the information you share isn't enough, then the reality that this isn't Russia, we don't have a state-run media and you will be caught in your lie should be reason enough," she wrote. "If you don't have the information or the answer, just say so."

She also advised the White House to get more policy-focused and not try to replicated Trump’s personality.

“He may yell at reporters and accuse people of being stupid and lying, but that doesn't mean you need to use that behavior as a model," she wrote. "Develop your own style. Go back to the roots of what helped you rise in the Republican Party in the first place."