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Kayleigh McEnany in 2015: Illegal Aliens ‘Here to Stay’, Deportation ‘Not the American Way’
National File ^ | May 31, 2023 | FRANKIE STOCKES

Posted on 06/01/2023 9:45:21 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

Kayleigh McEnany was a Never Trumper and open borders supporter during her time working for CNN.

Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany backed open borders and amnesty for illegal aliens on CNN in 2015, telling Don Lemon that illegals are “here to stay” and that deportation is “not the American way” as she bashed the border hawk policies of then-candidate Donald Trump.

Kayleigh McEnany served as a token Republican on CNN before her time with the Trump White House and took up the mantle of Never Trumpism and Koch Brothers-style open borders during her time on air. Now, a video compilation has emerged documenting some of McEnany’s worst CNN moments, going viral on Twitter in the aftermath of her falling out with President Trump; which comes after McEnany, now with Fox News and apparently trying to nudge along the DeSantis campaign, minimized Trump’s lead over DeSantis in the 2024 primary polls.

“The mainstream Republican does not want to send the illegal immigrants back to Mexico,” McEnany told Don Lemon in 2015. “I think that they’re here to stay, that’s not the American way. We’re not going to ship people across the border. There has to be some path to citizenship.”

“Donald Trump has shown himself to be a showman,” McEnany added later in the same Lemon appearance.

“I don’t think he’s a serious candidate.”

In another CNN appearance in a Lemon-led panel discussion, McEnany slammed Trump as a “progressive” and said that she doesn’t “want to claim this guy” as a Republican.

Hilariously, the panel was discussing a CNN GOP Primary poll conducted between June 18th and 24th, 2015, which showed Jeb Bush leading the entire GOP field and future President Trump in second place.

“This is not a true Republican candidate,” McEnany said of Trump. “And the fact that he’s being portrayed as such in media is troublesome and not accurate.”

Watch the video below:

“Trump shouldn’t be so mean to Kayleigh!”

Also Kayleigh McEnany:

“People in New Hampshire are very sick, especially when they see that Donald Trump is No. 2 and doesn’t deserve to be there.”

“Donald Trump is the last person going to bring voters into the tent.”

“Mainstream… pic.twitter.com/vYZfT2E1gS

— Leskov Brandonovic (@fjb4587) May 31, 2023

McEnany’s transformation from an open-borders Never Trumper at CNN to a Trump White House Press Secretary to a pro-DeSantis anchor at Fox News could be compared to the evolution of another young female news anchor, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

In 2015, when McEnany worked as CNN’s token Republican panelist, Collins was working at The Daily Caller and joined a Fox News program to spout off anti-Soros talking points, warning that Soros was using open borders to replace Western populations.

Like McEnany, Collins has since made a major transformation and is now one of pro-Soros CNN’s most visible anchors.

Related 2015 Video: Kaitlan Collins Spouts Anti-Soros, White Replacement Talking Points on Fox News



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KEYWORDS: 2024; aliens; bloggers; bush; cnn; desantis; foxnews; georgewbush; jeb; jebbush; jumpedtheshark; kayleigh; kayleighmcenany; mcenany; milktoast; murdoch; nevertrumpers; paulryan; pleaseclap; tds; teamdesantis; trump; trump2024
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To: conservative98
The day after the 2022 midterms, Kayleigh McEnany said Trump shouldn’t visit Georgia to rally for Herschel Walker, but Desantis should She willfully fired off Paul Ryan talking points in an attempt to damage her former boss pic.twitter.com/3BfnE7jJIt— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) May 31, 2023

Yup. She served her boss well when she worked for Trump. Now, she serves Rupert Murdoch, who wants to make Trump "a non-person" and Paul Ryan.

Her choice.

41 posted on 06/01/2023 10:17:03 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: SoConPubbie

Well, to be honest, Trump never did anything to seriously deport the illegals already in the US. There are more at the end of his admin then at the beginning. Sadly, no different than other presidents. Only Eisenhower had the balls to deport illegals.


42 posted on 06/01/2023 10:17:58 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Donald Tantrum? No Thank You. We Can Do Better! I am a Veteran Supporting Veteran DeSantis.)
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To: dfwgator

That too, I agree.
Nobody wants their personal lives known by the rest of the population.


43 posted on 06/01/2023 10:18:03 AM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: conservative98

Ouch!


44 posted on 06/01/2023 10:19:05 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Fury

Shocking how the Only Trumps turn on their advocates. All she did was quote a poll showing a lopsided Trump lead, and this happens. It’s sad and gross. Mostly gross


45 posted on 06/01/2023 10:24:50 AM PDT by ilgipper (The mob only destroys. Never creates. )
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To: ilgipper

Wrong. She’s been pushing DeSantis over Trump for months.


46 posted on 06/01/2023 10:26:02 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: SoConPubbie

Related:

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Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer·21h
.@kayleighmcenany sure had no problem TRASHING TRUMP.

She’s a phony and a fake, @RealCandaceO.

Kayleigh used President Trump to make money, and then she stabbed him in the back and reverted to her true colors as an anti-Trump political HACK!

Watch this video.

https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1664000004707569665?s=20


47 posted on 06/01/2023 10:26:51 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: SoConPubbie

She’s a lightweight.


48 posted on 06/01/2023 10:28:26 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: SoConPubbie

Related:

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Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer.

@ClayTravis

You don’t get to gaslight me and call me crazy when I catch you doing something unethical. I was at the Four Seasons, and tickets for this “investor” meeting were $5,000 a pop and every attendee of the meeting has to raise $3,300 each.

So let’s cut the crap. You are not just attending because the meeting was CLOSED to the media. All of the media was in the lobby on the 7th floor because they were not allowed inside. I know, because I had a room at the Four Seasons and was in the lobby with the media.

Just admit you got caught. Which means you can’t pretend to be neutral in the primary when you are on the radio with
@BuckSexton
.

You are an “investor” for DeSantis.

The only strange behavior is coming from people like you who are trying to mislead your listeners and hide what you’re really trying to do with Rush Limbaugh’s iconic spot.

You’re a gaslighter. I am not crazy. I’m just RIGHT, and you know it.

https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1664082116978569217?s=20


49 posted on 06/01/2023 10:35:08 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Whoops......

So much for that Desantis/Globalist/Establishment talking point


50 posted on 06/01/2023 10:36:24 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Nea Wood

Trump, Trump, Trump. Why did you hire so many backstabbing idiots?
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Birds of a feather?


51 posted on 06/01/2023 10:37:36 AM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: SoConPubbie

Your check?

Your name comes up “no benefits payable”.


52 posted on 06/01/2023 10:40:53 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Magnatron
So she understates Trump’s poll numbers in a passing comment

Anything said over the air is hardly a 'passing comment'. It was a lie and she got called out on it. Deal with it by voting for your favorite eGOP stooge. That'll show US.

53 posted on 06/01/2023 10:44:26 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Trumps big mistake was getting rid of Omarosa and Scaramouche? How about firing Comey and then picking his friend to replace him? Bolton anyone? I could go on but the list is so long.

One day Trump is donating to the Clinton Foundation and the next day he’s investigating them.

I can’t figure out why so many of Trumps picks turn around and bash him when they leave? Either he is incapable of choosing personnel or he’s an a** to work for. Either way, not a good look for Trump.


54 posted on 06/01/2023 10:51:06 AM PDT by LilOlLady
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To: newzjunkey

If we are going to hold her to those standards shouldn’t we hold Trump to the same standards??

He did donate to the Clintons and every other Democrat in NY

This particular news outlet must be owned by Trump because every time something is remotely critical of Trump this organization immediately comes out with something trashing the source


55 posted on 06/01/2023 10:53:17 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: LilOlLady

I wonder how Rand Paul would fare in a GOP primary this time around. Trump annihilated him in 2016, but some things have changed.


56 posted on 06/01/2023 10:54:47 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: SoConPubbie

Clearly you are Trump’s #1 blind fanboy, spending all hours of your day blindly defending your man-crush.

The rest of us grow weary of your prattle.


57 posted on 06/01/2023 10:56:11 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down seven times, stand up eight. - Japanese proverb)
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To: SoConPubbie

TRUMP Senior Executive Service application form

Kindly describe some negative experiences you’ve had with government.

On a scale from 1(extremely poorly) to 5(extremely well), how well do you think the federal government is using your tax dollars?

Are you paying too much of your income in income tax?

What do you think of the top three income tax rates?

Name key problems in our legal system:

Do you agree with Dick Cheney’s statement that deficits don’t matter?

Name things the EPA does that you think are not constitutional:

Name some problems with the PPACA.

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Name some programs in the department that are problematical and what do you propose to do about them?

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Give me a one sentence comment about each of the following Supreme Court decisions....


58 posted on 06/01/2023 10:58:45 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: unclebankster

According to Trump critics on Free Republic, he’s unelectable.


Did you miss 2020?

Trump had a chance at a second term. He failed to achieve it. Period.

For all those who encourage us to “trust the plan”, maybe that plan should include a nominee smart enough to combat the fraud machine and hire competent help. Trump failed at both.

The proof is that he’s not living at 1600 Pennsylvania.


59 posted on 06/01/2023 10:59:32 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down seven times, stand up eight. - Japanese proverb)
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To: Fury

She is thinking in the Past—Old way was—they are here to stay and become New Americans. New way, round em up and send them back—think like Ike! I Like Ike. I say give em time to make the choice but—IF you break the law—your out and if you sneak back in your dead.


60 posted on 06/01/2023 11:07:32 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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