Kayleigh McEnany, the new press officer of the White House, has been noted for his frequent appearances in the media defending the president tooth and nail Donald trump and his handling of the crisis generated by the coronavirus.
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In the process, McEnany has furiously attacked the Democratic opposition, accusing it of wishing the pandemic crisis to escalate so as to harm the chances of Trump being reelected in November.
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McEnany had been serving as press officer for Trump’s 2020 election campaign and will soon take up her new duties in the White House, replacing Stephanie Grisham, of whom on Tuesday it was announced that he would return to his duties as head of the first lady’s team Melania Trump.
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The liberal organization Media Matters for America He has tallied 200 appearances by McEnany since August 2017 on Fox News, a television station whose coverage has been largely accommodating to Trump’s management and particularly his handling of the pandemic.
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One of McEnany’s most notable interventions occurred on February 25, when he told host Trish Reagan of Fox Business Network that the coronavirus would not reach US territory.
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On the same day Larry Kudlow said coronavirus was “contained” on Feb. 25th, Trump’s campaign spox made an even more bold claim.
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Fox Business terminated days after Reagan’s contract, after suspending her from the program after assert that the coronavirus was “another attempt to politically prosecute President” Trump.
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Here are some of the comments expressed by McEnany in recent days:
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McEnany worked in 2016 as a representative of the Trump campaign and was a permanent guest on CNN shows.
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She will now be Trump’s fourth spokeswoman so far in his presidency after Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee and Grisham.
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With all the press chiefs, the current White House has maintained a permanent confrontation with the media (which the president has described as “enemies of the people”)
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During Grisham’s management of less than a year, the press conferences offered daily in the press room disappeared, and were replaced by Trump conversations with reporters at the bottom of the helicopter, with the noise of the engine always on in the background.
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