The woman has two jobs to perform, both accomplished by lying.
First is to supply the press with a statement covering the administrations failures.
Second is discounting any thing that the opposition says exposing that statement as a lie.
So, being a bald face liar capable of lying without any loss of dignity or self respect is a job requirement or at least a definite plus for the job.
Her problem is that she is not A very convincing liar. Fortunately for her the press doesn’t care.
“The beginning of wisdom is calling a thing by its right name.” Gibran
She is an idiot because she cannot recognize a lie, AS a lie. So in her mind, every lie she spews does not exist as a lie.