White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany just showed the press that she is not someone to be messed with when she flipped the script on them after being called out for her past rhetoric on coronavirus.
Just before the end of Wednesday’s press conference, Reuters‘ White House correspondent Jeff Mason tried to confront McEnany about comments she’d made earlier in 2020 while working on President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign.
“In a previous life, before you were press secretary, you worked for the [Trump] campaign. And you made a comment, I believe on Fox, in which you said President Trump will not allow the coronavirus to come into this country. Given what has happened since then, obviously, would you like to take that back?” Mason asked, according to Fox News [1].
McEnany began her response by saying that while appearing on Fox Business Network, she was asked about the restrictions Trump had placed on China, pointing out that his “intention” was to prevent the virus from spreading to the United States. Then she went in for the kill. “I guess I would turn the question back on the media and ask similar questions,” McEnany told Mason. “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 coronavirus?”
“Does The New York Times want to take back that fear of the virus may be spreading faster than the virus itself?” she continued. “Does NPR want to take back that the flu was a much bigger threat than the coronavirus? And finally, once again, The Washington Post, would they like to take back that the government should not respond aggressively to the coronavirus?”
“I’ll leave you with those questions and maybe you’ll have some answers in a few days,” McEnany concluded before ending the press conference.
Kayleigh McEnany (@PressSec [2]) turned the tables on reporters and asked if places like Vox, NPR, Washington Post, and the New York Times want to take back stories they had published that had downplayed the threat of COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/xZWeMYEoKC [3]
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) May 6, 2020 [4]
Boom! McEnany took over as White House press secretary earlier this month, and with this press conference, she proved once and for all that she is a perfect fit for the job. The press will definitely be thinking twice before they try and mess with her again!
This piece was written by PoliZette Staff on May 7, 2020. It originally appeared in LifeZette [5] and is used by permission.
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