Anderson Cooper Blasts 'Lie Teller' Kayleigh McEnany For 'Orwellian' Trump Defense
Anderson Cooper went after Donald Trump’s press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, on Wednesday for being the “president’s chief apologist and lie teller” after she defended his decision to tweet a baseless conspiracy theory smearing a protester injured by police in Buffalo, New York.
During Wednesday’s White House press briefing, McEnany claimed Trump was simply “raising questions about a report that he saw” when he tweeted a day earlier suggesting protester Martin Gugino “could be an ANTIFA provocateur” involved in “a set up” ― parroting a report aired on right-wing network OANN, which is known to indulge conspiracy theories. Gugino, 75, remained hospitalized Wednesday with a serious head injury after falling and cracking his skull on concrete when he was shoved by Buffalo police last Thursday. Video of the incident has drawn worldwide outcry, and the two officers involved were suspended without pay and charged with second-degree assault.
McEnany insisted Trump’s tweet “is not a baseless conspiracy theory,” despite a reporter pointing out he had no facts to support his claims.
“Actually, it is,” Cooper said, providing the definition of a conspiracy theory. He added: “The president said Mr. Gugino was a member of the group of antifa, which the president has, without evidence, portrayed as the driving force behind the protests, but it’s not. He said he was a provocateur, and there was no evidence he was. ”
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