Kayleigh McEnany Archives

Or Tricky Gimmicks

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Buck Banks

It’s the power of language that fuels politics,
But under duress, spokespersons forget their scripts.
Which caused that zany
Kayleigh McEnany
To accuse the U.S. courts of stealing Trump’s election using “gimmicky tricks.”

McEnany Implicitly Acknowledges Biden’s Win

December 8, 2020 Buck Banks

“You have the power to call in a special legislative session because right now if we lose these two Senate seats, guess whose casting the deciding vote in this country for our government? It will be Kamala Harris.”

— White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany implicitly acknowledging Joe Biden will be president and Kamala Harris will be vice president as she chastised Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) in a Fox News interview.

McEnany Won’t Say Trump Has Faith in Barr — Sure Sign Barr’s Time Is Short

December 3, 2020 Buck Banks

“If we have any personnel announcements, I’ll let you know.”

— President Trump’s spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany refusing to say whether Trump still has faith in Attorney General William Barr, a day after Barr said there was no significant evidence to support the president’s claim that widespread ballot fraud led to his defeat by President-elect Joe Biden, CNBC reports.

The Consistency of Trump’s Press Secretaries

August 31, 2020 Buck Banks

“The president’s never seen that video.”

— White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, quoted by the New York Times, referring to a video President Trump himself tweeted out.

McEnany Is a Liar, Too

August 29, 2019 Buck Banks

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Or Tricky Gimmicks

McEnany Implicitly Acknowledges Biden’s Win

“You have the power to call in a special legislative session because right now if we lose these two Senate seats, guess whose casting the deciding vote in this country for our government? It will be Kamala Harris.”

— White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany implicitly acknowledging Joe Biden will be president and Kamala Harris will be vice president as she chastised Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) in a Fox News interview.

McEnany Won’t Say Trump Has Faith in Barr — Sure Sign Barr’s Time Is Short

“If we have any personnel announcements, I’ll let you know.”

The Consistency of Trump’s Press Secretaries

“The president’s never seen that video.”

— White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, quoted by the New York Times, referring to a video President Trump himself tweeted out.

McEnany Is a Liar, Too

“He doesn’t lie. Guess who lies? The press lies.”

— Trump campaign press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, in an interview by CNN, when asked about President Trump’s lies.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rick Wilson

— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the “resign or be fired” ultimatum from the GOP’s Freedom Caucus just 174 days into his tenure as sp[eaker, reported by Punchbowl News.

“Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head droops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.”

— Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial.

— Jonathan Last

“He’s f**king crazy! The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And I’ll say it this way: I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution. But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!”

— New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), quoted by the Associated Press two years ago. Sununu is now backing Trump for president.

Numerati

$71.1 million to $45.2 million

56% to 37%

270,000

50 of 96

New York Times: “Of the 96 possible jurors brought into the room, more than 50 raised their hands to say they couldn’t be fair. They were immediately excused.”

20%