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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoe Lockhart: Kayleigh McEnany has crossed a line
CNN(CNN)Every single White House press secretary faces his or her own moment of truth on the job. Jerald terHorst, for example, resigned after just one month because he could not live with President Gerald Ford's decision to pardon his predecessor, President Richard Nixon.
Choosing when to take a stand, and what to reveal to the public are not always straightforward decisions. There are, for example, times when releasing the operational details of the military puts lives at risk. It begs the question: What's more important, telling the truth or protecting lives? Jody Powell faced that decision under Jimmy Carter and decided saving lives trumped telling the press the truth during the Iranian hostage crisis.
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Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany faced her moment of reckoning in the briefing room on Wednesday, when reporters confronted her about the recordings, released by veteran journalist Bob Woodward, in which President Trump acknowledged in early February that the coronavirus was airborne and deadlier than the flu, even as he publicly dismissed concerns about the virus and called it the Democrats' "new hoax." In March, Trump told Woodward that he intentionally downplayed the dangers of the virus, saying, "I always wanted to play it down. I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic."
McEnany failed on an epic scale in her response. She did not provide context for Trump's statements. Instead, she perpetuated the lies even the President himself admitted to Woodward on tape.
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Joe Lockhart: Kayleigh McEnany has crossed a line (Original Post)
brooklynite
Sep 2020
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JI7
(89,248 posts)1. We are wayyy past that point
GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)2. KayLIEgh is just auditioning for her next job, which will be at Fox"News".
She'll fit right in with all the other giggling, bleach-blonde couch tumors there.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,417 posts)3. The entire RePutican Party is a craven lot.
Solomon
(12,310 posts)6. You left out the "n". It's the reputincan party
NoMoreRepugs
(9,417 posts)10. indeed
Silent3
(15,210 posts)4. She's never once been on the decent side of any line
The only thing that changes over time is her growing tally of lies.
Efilroft Sul
(3,579 posts)5. She is the Regina George of press secretaries.
mnmoderatedem
(3,728 posts)7. of course. She was in a no win situation
but she placed herself in the no win situation when she took the job of Official Liar for Trump
Zero sympathy.
dsp3000
(483 posts)8. she was the worst when cnn constantly had her on during the 2016 election.
who knew she was auditioning for this exact job in the white house at the time.
orwell
(7,771 posts)9. And did it all...
...with a crucifix hanging around her neck.
I'm sure Jesus was so proud...
wiggs
(7,812 posts)11. They SEARCH for lines to cross. Crossing lines, breaking norms, cheating, grabbing, lying..all
count as wins. for them.