Posted on 05/28/2020 5:47:13 PM PDT by rintintin
For a year, many media outlets — including Poynter — complained about the lack of official White House press conferences.
Sarah Sanders didn’t hold one for the final three months of her tenure. Stephanie Grisham didn’t hold one at all in her nine months as press secretary. So when Kayleigh McEnany, who took over in early April, began having press conferences again, it was a welcome change.
But in the category of “careful what you wish for,” McEnany is off to a rough start.
In her very first official White House press conference, McEnany told reporters, “I will never lie to you. You have my word on that.” And then, in that very press conference, she lied.
Now she just looks overmatched. The job and this moment seem too big for her. While she’s doing her best to protect and support the president, McEnany far too often comes off looking petty, vindictive, tone-deaf and simply not up to the challenge of adequately doing her job.
Perhaps it’s the newness of the job and her total lack of experience in this area. Maybe she simply isn’t capable of being an effective press secretary. Or maybe she simply can’t defend some of the indefensible things President Donald Trump says, does or tweets. But in barely more than a month, McEnany has already had several high-profile controversies.
In just her second press conference, McEnany was asked about a quote from February when she said, “We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here, we will not see terrorism come here, and isn’t that refreshing when contrasting it with the awful presidency of President Obama?”
She said her quote was misunderstood (it wasn’t) and then, in her most juvenile moment so far, pulled out a notebook to take several shots at media outlets.
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she seems just fine
She is amazing. The best.
She has the Pravda reporters flummoxed
Whatever Tommy boy, get over yourself.
She must be really good if the liberals hate her.
LOL she is the best Press Secretary EVER..she is kicking ass and taking names..and the fact that commies hate her shows that she is doing something right
this is a riot!
the arrogant, ineffective, socialistdog press criticizing the WH Press Sec for handing their egos back to them on a silver platter.
Kayleigh is the best Press Secretary I have ever seen. Today she ripped that b@st@rd Acosta a new one yet she is SO cute while doing it. I like her. She graduated from Harvard Law and for once, it shows.
She has the script to be an attacking wolf. Not a target as a wounded lamb. Press is set off balance and they hate it.
Who or what the h*ll is Poynter?????
I just love it when she opens up her Book of Stooge Pain.
I’d be worried if the prostitute press loved her but since they hate her there is nothing to worry about.
She’s is literally kicking their asses!!! Lol.. This is how a lie is born, I guess.
Tom is just tired of his buddies having their ass handed to them at each press conference. He is more used to having his ass kissed, sorry Tom, there’s a new sheriff in town.......
From I have seen, she is doing fine.
I believe my lying eyes.She is not the one rubbing her ass after locking horns with a reporter.
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