EXCERPT:
BALDWIN: “Deep breath, April. My goodness, what a difference, I guess, 24 hours makes.”
RYAN: “Yes.”
BALDWIN: “Did you know you were getting the first question? Did you feel like everything was cooler now?”
RYAN: “Brooke, let me tell you. Brooke, you know what happened yesterday, and I just — I took it in. It was what it was. And I went home. I didn’t get home until very late last night. And then someone had to tell me that Hillary Clinton, former secretary Hillary Clinton had spoken about me. And I was in shock, and then — I just couldn’t believe it. And then this morning happened. You know, I talked about it. And I didn’t know — I had not talked to Sean. Sean had not talked to me. And I just said, ‘I’m going to work. And I’m going to do what I do.’ And I was on a couple of shows and, you know, one person asked me, Joe Madison, ‘The Black Eagle’ asked me, he said, ‘Well, what if he doesn’t call on you?’ And I said, ‘You know, I thought about that,’ and I was actually under the impression he may not — I didn’t know what was going to happen today, but I was prepared either way. But I’m glad that there’s been a reset. There needs to be a reset because we both have a job to do. Yeah.”
BALDWIN:” What about the fact, though, April, apparently Spicer praised you in some interview, calling you tough, that he treats all reporters the same and any suggestion of any iota of sexism is actually just an insult to you. Would you agree with that?”
RYAN: “Well, I thank him for saying I’m tough, but I still bleed and I hurt, too, at the same time. But, you know, the last couple of days are very interesting. And he came out today in the briefing, talking about how this administration has really worked with women and women’s issues, but, you know, what happened to me was an incident, but there was also another story about a female reporter who was called an idiot, from Politico. So, it’s two women, yeah, in the last couple of days. And I think there was a reset moment to sift it out. And, you know, we all are in there together, in this mosh pit, trying to ask questions. But you have to remember, this is a male-dominated town.”