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No. At least not in any tradition.
The press only stands in the press room when the President enters. They have never stood when a Press Secretary enters, but there is nothing to stop anyone who wants to from standing. Sometimes, if there's something hot that is going to happen, reporters stand just to get a first shot at a question.
Demanding they stand is nuts.
But that's what happens when you elect a president who can't read.
It's almost like sending him out his first day on the job to tell a bald faced lie about crowd size to the press corps was a bad idea and blew his creditably then and there.....hmmm
No one stands when a press secretary enters the room lol Why should they
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