Posted on 05/07/2020 4:19:55 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
This is how she should answer every snide question she gets from these corrupt clowns. – It turns out that new White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany is really good at this. Really, really good. Watch as she ends yesterday’s press briefing by completely turning a loaded question around on Jeff Mason of Reuters:
Mollie ✔ @MZHemingway The cry from a journalist of "You were prepared for that!" as she walks off is really one for the ages. https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1258140787369533440 …
Benny ✔ @bennyjohnson WATCH White House @PressSec @KayleighMcenany BLAST the Media for pretending like they didn’t downplay the Coronavirus.
Absolute Savage 🔥
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For the record, I still don’t like the Trump White House doing these press briefings. They are counterproductive in all respects, including giving these preening peacocks the TV face time they so desperately crave. The vast majority of the questions that are asked during these engagements are not sincere efforts to acquire information to use in real news reporting, but gotcha-type questions like this one designed to embarrass or to create fake news that would not otherwise exist, and which has no informative value for the public.
But, if the White House has decided to revive these briefings now after a long hiatus for whatever strategic reason, it’s good to have a spokesperson like McEnany, who comes into the sessions incredibly well-prepared and has years of experience in dealing with these people and others like them on TV and radio. Note that she didn’t have even a second’s hesitation in going to the exact page of prepared talking points in her notebook and immediately turning this loaded question designed to embarrass her back onto the reporter and the press at large.
This is a tactic that should be used at every opportunity by this White House. The entirety of the corrupt news media has been at open war with the Trump presidency since before it even began, and there is no reason at all for McEnany to pull any punches. Past GOP White Houses have always tried to play nice with the reprobates in the White House press corps in the hopes that doing so would buy them a bit of positive news coverage here and there. Occasionally that tactic even worked, although it was generally a fool’s errand.
But this White House has no hope of ever being able to cajole any positive coverage from these corrupt news outlets, and President Trump understands that. There is no longer even the slightest pretense of objectivity in any of the national media outlets. There is no good faith at play here.
Thus, if you’re going to insist on holding these briefings, they should be treated as purely hostile engagements. There is simply no possible advantage to doing otherwise. Each and every question that does not come from OAN or John Roberts at Fox News should be treated as a hostile question, and even Roberts’ questions should be treated with a great deal of skepticism.
More than anything else, these engagements should also be treated and prepared for as opportunities to expose the media’s own hypocrisy. That’s what McEnany did with the question in this clip, and she has done it repeatedly throughout the two briefings she has held over the past week.
Many communications professionals would advise her against this tactic on the reasoning that doing so will only heighten resentments and hostility in the room, but that’s simply dumb reasoning. As I have been writing here since January 2017, it is blatantly obvious that the media’s resentments and hostility towards the President or anyone serving as his spokesperson simply cannot rise any higher than they already are. As a group, these people are nothing more or less than activist agents of the opposition political party, and they cherish that role.
Every White House has an obligation to keep the public informed about its activities. That is a given, and every administration must figure out the most effective way to achieve that objective.
The White House press briefing was enshrined as a daily activity during the Gerald Ford administration because that White House decided that would be a politically advantageous thing to do. Ford’s presidency lasted 2 years and 5 months. So, was it really a good strategy? Probably not.
The point here is this: There are a hundred different ways for the Trump White House to communicate with the public. Giving vain jerks like Jeff Mason TV time to ask loaded questions is probably not the most productive means of doing it.
But if you’re going to do it, at least have a spokesperson who is sharp, witty and incredibly well-prepared. Kayleigh McEnany appears so far to fit that description.
That is all.
Democrats are VILE, EVIL, VICIOUS, LYING, DESTROYERS of GOOD PEOPLE and GOOD THINGS!!
And your objection to them is...?
You go girl!
And she’s definitely NOT GUILTY as well.
I loved her smile at the end.......LOL!
forgot to ping you since I used your work as a source.
here’s the URL:
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the press briefings are to reinforce to the base, that the press continues to be an arm of the left in all they do.
reminders that an election is coming and the rallies will start up again soon.
“There are a hundred different ways for the Trump White House to communicate with the public”
But none are as entertaining as the brawls with the press.
Seriously, it’s valuable to see a politician publicly defend his positions to adversaries.
Wow. That was a “Speaking Truth To Weasels” moment!
So what was the question and what the response? The article fails to state the very thing it is based on. (And yes, I clicked the link, but I don't have audio on this office computer so watching the vid is worthless as well.)
She a rockstar, and hot.
Video of the Q&A with the media traitors.
The last question from Jeff Mason (reuters, I think) starts at 26:31 and she was magnificent in turning the tables.
MUST WATCH TV!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akYSg8ujunA
Jeff Mason: (25:26)At which point she closed her notebook and exited.
Kayleigh, in a previous life, before you were Press Secretary, you worked for the campaign. And you made a comment, I believe on Fox, in which you said President Trump will not allow the Coronavirus to come to this country. Given what has happened since then, obviously, would you like to take that back?Kayleigh McEnany: (25:44)
Well, first let me note. I was asked a question on Fox Business about the President's travel restrictions. I noted what was the intent behind those travel restrictions, which is, we will not see the Coronavirus come here. We will not see terrorism come here, referring to an earlier set of travel restrictions. I guess I would turn the question back on the media and ask similar questions.Kayleigh McEnany: (26:04)
Does Vox want to take back that they proclaim that the coronavirus would not be a deadly pandemic? Does the Washington Post want to take back that they told Americans to, "get a grip, the flu is bigger than the coronavirus?" Does the Washington Post, likewise, want to take back that, "Our brains are causing us to exaggerate the threat of the Corona virus?" Does the New York Times want to take back that, "Fear of the virus may be spreading faster than the virus itself?" Does NPR want to take back that the flu was a much bigger threat than the Corona virus? And finally, once again, the Washington Post. Would they like to take back that the government should not respond aggressively to the virus? I'll leave you with those questions and maybe you'll have some answers in a few days?Kayleigh McEnany: (26:47)
[crosstalk 00:26:47] Thank you, very much.
Based on that press conference, President Trump picked himself a winner, that’s for sure!
IF only the Bush administrations had fought back this way.
Thank you, Captain Obvious. War was declared January 21, 2016 and has continued since then.
Aw, c’mon, don’t hold back, tell us how you REALLY feel....
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