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alp227

(32,013 posts)
Sun May 24, 2020, 06:57 PM May 2020

Fox's Wallace Shreds Kayleigh McEnany for Questioning Reporters' Faith

Source: Daily Beast

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace tore into White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Sunday morning for questioning the religious beliefs and faith of White House reporters, saying he’s never seen a press secretary act like that in his long career.

Following President Donald Trump’s Friday announcement in which he demanded that all houses of worship reopen “right now” and toothlessly threatened to “override” governors who have limited gatherings due to coronavirus restrictions, McEnany took a snide shot at the press corps.

Asked what federal powers Trump had to force states to open up places of worship during the pandemic, McEnany said the president would “strongly encourage” the governors that churches are essential before snarking that she found it “interesting to be in a room that desperately wants to seem to see these churches and houses of worship stay closed.”

[...]

“Donna, I spent six years in the White House briefing room covering Ronald Reagan. I have to say, I never—and in the years since too, I never saw a White House press secretary act like that,” Wallace declared to former Democratic National Committee interim chairperson Donna Brazile.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/foxs-chris-wallace-shreds-kayleigh-mcenany-for-questioning-reporters-faith



Before joining Fox in 2003, Wallace worked for NBC from 1975 to 1988 (and was moderator of Meet the Press from 1987-88) and ABC from 1989 to 2003. When he was hired in 2003, the right wing Media Research Center called Wallace "an ABCer with a Liberal Record" who "delivered a pretty conventional liberal media take on such issues as welfare reform and the environment" during the mid-90s for ABC.

Although FNC's opinion shows like Hannity and Carlson can be heavily slanted and even conspiracy peddling, at least the news shows on FNC have standards. Shepard Smith was also known to challenge the popular right wing narratives before leaving FNC last year.
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keithbvadu2

(36,722 posts)
1. Perhaps she can show how Trump witnesses for his faith.
Sun May 24, 2020, 07:10 PM
May 2020

Perhaps she can show how Trump witnesses for his faith.

House of Roberts

(5,168 posts)
5. Two things regarding McEnany.
Sun May 24, 2020, 09:18 PM
May 2020

We need to stop calling self-entitled women 'Karens' and start calling them 'Kayleighs'.

Also, her last name should be spelled, and pronounced 'MAGA-Ninny'.

Grokenstein

(5,721 posts)
6. Have we ever seen a *president act like this?
Sun May 24, 2020, 09:48 PM
May 2020

The maladministration is shit from the head all the way down to the mildest supporter.

area51

(11,902 posts)
7. "... saying he's never seen a press secretary act like that in his long career."
Sun May 24, 2020, 09:54 PM
May 2020

She may need some aloe vera for that burn.


NotHardly

(1,062 posts)
9. the challenges to this shit by the WH has to happen in real time during the media meetings...
Sun May 24, 2020, 10:09 PM
May 2020
after the fact is just weak... very weak and useless.

George II

(67,782 posts)
10. He still has a long way to go, but I'm starting to not dislike Chris Wallace as much....
Sun May 24, 2020, 10:21 PM
May 2020

...as I have in the past (he still has to make up for his ambush of Bill Clinton)

Maybe ghosts of his father are showing up in his dreams?

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
12. Maybe she sought guidance from FLOTUS?
Mon May 25, 2020, 03:12 AM
May 2020


Every woman around Trump regularly is always seen dolly'd up?
You'd think he was a shallow asshole or something?





elias7

(3,994 posts)
14. Where has he been the past 3 years?
Mon May 25, 2020, 05:24 AM
May 2020

“I never saw a press secretary acting like that”? Did he not watch any of hucklebee sanders’ daily shit shows? She was the queen of snark.

Yeehah

(4,574 posts)
15. An insipid spokesperson for the most corrupt administration ever
Mon May 25, 2020, 11:24 AM
May 2020

implies that reporters doing their jobs are not "godly" enough. Like this thing at the podium is a devoted servant of God.

Donna Brazile makes me puke.... ""Oh I know Kayleigh.... blah blah blah." You're one of them, Donna.

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