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Kayleigh McEnany Tells the Press: You Didn't Read AG Barr's Complete Comments on Voter Fraud
Townhall.com ^ | December 2, 2020 | Cortney O'Brien

Posted on 12/02/2020 12:57:46 PM PST by Kaslin

With images of "Democrat hypocrisy" playing on a loop behind her, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany addressed reporters from the James S. Brady Press briefing room on Wednesday.

She listed a few of the more infamous incidents of liberals breaking their own COVID orders, including the footage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walking around a hair salon without a mask, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom dining both maskless and indoors at the fancy French Laundry restaurant, despite strict orders against indoor dining.

"Rules for thee, but not for me," McEnany concluded.

"They act in a way that their own citizens are barred from acting," she said. But, she was pleased to see that the Supreme Court "rebuked" New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) attempt to limit gatherings at Catholic diocese and synagogues. Instead of showing deference to the Constitution following the Court's ruling, however, Cuomo attacked the legitimacy of the court, McEnany said.

Cuomo's defiant statement, she said, "strikes at the heart of the issue - that Democrats seek control."

The White House press, however, was not that interested in talking about the coronavirus or coronavirus restrictions. For the majority of the presser, McEnany was challenged on the DOJ's findings on voter fraud. In his initial statement, Attorney General Bill Barr said that the agency had not found "widespread fraud” in the 2020 election.

McEnany challenged the press to read more of Barr's remarks. In the same AP interview, she noted, Barr said that he thinks a lot of people are confusing the use of the criminal justice system because the campaign's lawsuits are all civil litigation, which is something "apart" from what the DOJ is pursuing.

McEnany also urged the reporters to read the supplemental statement put out by the DOJ, which read that some media outlets have incorrectly reported that the agency has an affirmative finding of no fraud.

"They act in a way that their own citizens are barred from acting," she said. But, she was pleased to see that the Supreme Court "rebuked" New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) attempt to limit gatherings at Catholic diocese and synagogues. Instead of showing deference to the Constitution following the Court's ruling, however, Cuomo attacked the legitimacy of the court, McEnany said.

Cuomo's defiant statement, she said, "strikes at the heart of the issue - that Democrats seek control."

The White House press, however, was not that interested in talking about the coronavirus or coronavirus restrictions. For the majority of the presser, McEnany was challenged on the DOJ's findings on voter fraud. In his initial statement, Attorney General Bill Barr said that the agency had not found "widespread fraud” in the 2020 election.

McEnany challenged the press to read more of Barr's remarks. In the same AP interview, she noted, Barr said that he thinks a lot of people are confusing the use of the criminal justice system because the campaign's lawsuits are all civil litigation, which is something "apart" from what the DOJ is pursuing.

McEnany also urged the reporters to read the supplemental statement put out by the DOJ, which read that some media outlets have incorrectly reported that the agency has an affirmative finding of no fraud.

Pressed on whether the president still has confidence in Barr in his current capacity, McEnany said the press "will be the first to know" if the president has any personnel announcements.

Another reporter asked McEnany if President Trump still thinks he has a path to victory in the 2020 presidential election.

"The president is just looking for every legal vote to be counted," she said.

She directed their questions to the campaign, only noting that "they still do have active cases in Nevada and Wisconsin."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: attorneygeneral; billbarr; election2020; kayleighmcenany

1 posted on 12/02/2020 12:57:46 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Circular firing squad ran rampant on this too.


2 posted on 12/02/2020 12:58:59 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Kaslin

Should fire Bar and Wray for sure. Bar probably doesn’t want to investigate because he’s going to fined his own people or intel agencies, or military were involved in the election fraud. To pull off that high scale fraud involves many people who I’m almost certain are connected to the government.


3 posted on 12/02/2020 12:59:37 PM PST by BEJ
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To: BEJ

Trump should fire Bar and Wray for sure. Bar probably doesn’t want to investigate because he’s going to fined his own people or intel agencies, or military were involved in the election fraud. To pull off that complex, high scale fraud involves many people who I’m almost certain are connected to the government.


4 posted on 12/02/2020 1:01:47 PM PST by BEJ
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To: Kaslin

Barr did say “thus far...”


5 posted on 12/02/2020 1:02:48 PM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Kaslin

If I ran the pressers, I would make all the reporters stand on one foot, like the carnival animals they are.


6 posted on 12/02/2020 1:02:58 PM PST by 1Old Pro ( )
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To: Kaslin

7 posted on 12/02/2020 1:06:51 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Kaslin

lol. neither did a lot of people on FR.


8 posted on 12/02/2020 1:08:12 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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I guess neither did Rudy and Jenna? Regardless, Barr’s comments were the icing on the cake after 4 weeks of NOTHING.


9 posted on 12/02/2020 1:10:36 PM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: All


Barr announced the results before the investigation

Will not effectuate a change in the results, per Barr.


10 posted on 12/02/2020 1:25:12 PM PST by AnthonySoprano
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To: Kaslin

William Barr is aptly named, ........as in Barr an investigation into DEEP STATE CRIME........(who was it that BARRED investigation into the murder of Randy Weaver’s wife?).

......who was it controlling the CIA crack cocaine operation out of Mena Ark, under the covername of ‘Robert Johnson’ in the days of Barry Seal?


11 posted on 12/02/2020 1:27:17 PM PST by Trump_vs_Evil_Witch (Clean out the DOJ, CIA & FBI, top-to-bottom, Haspel & Wray first)
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To: Kaslin

Press conference was a waste of time.

Staying clear of any comments on election.

Allowing reporters to refer to Biden as “President Elect” when he ABSOLUTELY is NOT!


12 posted on 12/02/2020 1:38:47 PM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: Kaslin

He should have said, “Our investigations are ongoing”. He phrased it poorly that allowed the LEFTIST media to parse and undermine the campaign’s effort to challenge the election results.

“No fraud found yet” became “No fraud found”.


13 posted on 12/02/2020 1:58:20 PM PST by joshua c (President Elect joshua_c. Hey if Joe can do it.)
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To: JohnBrowdie

Quite true. Many here read or assume things out of context or that simply are not there. Occasionally posts of mine are attacked over something simply not in the post they attacked.

It’s just people jumping to conclusions. It’s not just on FR.


14 posted on 12/02/2020 2:30:59 PM PST by redfreedom
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To: Kaslin

15 posted on 12/02/2020 2:58:41 PM PST by MacNaughton
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To: joshua c

Barr couldn’t convict Andy Mccabe for perjury despite him actually saying he committed perjury dudes a clown


16 posted on 12/02/2020 3:05:51 PM PST by Lod881019
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