Pretty much every time Donald Trump’s newest Press Secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, makes a public appearance, I find myself thinking, “This insufferable woman couldn’t possibly get any worse than she is right at this moment.”
Yet, much like her boss, she manages to prove me wrong. Every. Single. Time.
The woman’s “press conferences” are bad enough as it is — chock full of conspiracy theories, blatant lies, and pre-approved, Trump-friendly answers to the set of questions she expects to receive.
But, believe it or not, she actually gets even worse when she’s not facing down a room full of the “fake news” media (and that one OANN reporter who weaseled her way back into the rear of the room) and instead is speaking on the Trump-favorite network, Fox News.
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During an appearance on the virtually state-run network this morning, McEnany took the opportunity to whine about the questions she’s been getting from the journalists present during her “briefings” — which essentially translates to “they kept asking me about reopening churches and I wanted them to ask me about ‘Obamagate’ because I already had a list of stuff that Donnie said I could say about that.”
“Many of our journalists are great men and women of faith — and differing faiths whether it be the Jewish faith, Christian faith, the Muslim faith,” the newest press secretary said on Fox this morning. “What I was saying is I was asked 11 questions as to why churches would be allowed to reopen. It was a bit peculiar to be asked these 11 questions in a row. And for the onus and the focus to be solely to be on why churches are essential, I’ve never been asked why a liquor store was essential. So I was merely pointing that out.”
“Journalists are not above being questioned themselves,” McEnany continued. “Journalism is a great and noble profession. But there has been a dearth of journalists asking the real questions for President Obama, the criminal leak of Michael Flynn’s identity. Who leaked that identity? The dossier which was used to launch a campaign. Why aren’t those questions being asked?”
I’d like to take a moment here to note that an official White House press briefing does not consist of the briefer getting to ask the briefees a shitload of ridiculous questions. That is not how that works.
But don’t worry. She kept going.
“It’s journalistic malpractice not to ask those questions,” Kayleigh declared on the Trump safe space. “And I can count on one hand the journalists who are — like [Fox Business host] Maria Bartiromo and [CBS reporter] Catherine Herridge. But where is … the curiosity from the press corps? There’s an extreme lack of curiosity at play.”
I feel like someone didn’t clue her in on how this job is actually supposed to work.
You can watch the queen of arrogance in action here:
White House Press Secretary @KayleighMcEnany: I was asked 11 questions from the media on why churches should be reopened, but I was never asked why a liquor store was considered essential pic.twitter.com/6lAkwXq7yD
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) May 26, 2020
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