White House Defends Obama's Use of the 'N-Word'

While President Obama did briefly discuss his team’s comms strategy with Marc Maron on Monday’s podcast, every subsequent headline seemed to focus on his single use of the “N-word” in the interview.

Here, via TIME, is Press Secretary Josh Earnest’s attempt to address that fact:

We’re not surprised that Obama officially doesn’t regret using the word; it’s not like he did it accidentally.

But surely the White House saw this coming…and Earnest spun it fairly well.