Josh Earnest falsely stated on Morning Joe Thursday that National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow had never worked in government prior to joining the Trump administration.

“I can’t speak to the inner workings of the Trump administration,” President Obama’s press secretary stated over reports of miscommunication between UN ambassador Nikki Haley and Kudlow. “You noted that Mr. Kudlow apologized to her. He apologized to her by saying, apparently Ambassador Haley was not given all the relevant information. So it wasn’t that she was confused, she was totally out of the loop.”

“It is an indication to me that Larry Kudlow who has not served in government is already showing evidence of that,” Earnest continued. “He is having a hard time mounting a united front and used to being in charge of his own television show and not being part of a team.”

Contrary to Earnest’s claim, Kudlow served as an associate director of economics and planning in the Office of Management and Budget from 1981-1985, during President Ronald Reagan’s first term in the White House.