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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,103 posts)
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 09:57 PM Dec 2021

Kayleigh McEnany says she didn't lie in the White House briefing room because she went to Oxford,

Harvard, and Georgetown and is a Christian


Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany writes in her new memoir that she didn't lie to reporters and the public while serving in the Trump administration because she was trained at elite universities and is a Christian.

McEnany recalls being asked by the White House press corps during her first briefing as Donald Trump's fourth press secretary in May 2020 to pledge to never lie from the podium. She promised she would not and writes in, "For Such a Time As This," that she's a truthful person by nature and training.

"Of course, I would never lie," she writes. "How do you get through Oxford, Harvard, and Georgetown without sourcing? Without truthful, well-sourced, well-researched information? More importantly, as a woman of faith, a Christian, and a new mother, telling the truth was in my nature and central to my family life and faith walk."

Throughout her book, McEnany is highly critical of the press, aside from conservative outlets, and repeatedly accuses outlets of having a liberal bias and reporting unfairly about the administration. She writes that her assurance that she wouldn't lie "did not stop some in the press from spinning things wildly out of context, twisting my words, assuming the worst, and engaging in ad hominem attacks—like falsely calling me a 'liar.'"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kayleigh-mcenany-says-she-didn-t-lie-in-the-white-house-briefing-room-because-she-went-to-oxford-harvard-and-georgetown-and-is-a-christian/ar-AARp7tN

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Kayleigh McEnany says she didn't lie in the White House briefing room because she went to Oxford, (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2021 OP
Wow, such an inventive way to use one's Christianity as a convenient coverplate for the Alexander Of Assyria Dec 2021 #1
Mic cilla4progress Dec 2021 #26
Like how she sourced that "health care plan" to Leslie Stahl? nt Shermann Dec 2021 #2
Uses commas??? elleng Dec 2021 #3
Every scumbag "finds Jesus" when they want to look less scummy. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #4
Aside from the "lie" claim at her first appearance I remember her mention of her child. underpants Dec 2021 #5
.... PA_jen Dec 2021 #6
These are the same people who also claim that the elites who went to top schools are the problem IcyPeas Dec 2021 #7
Yea I Rebl2 Dec 2021 #24
How 'bout that? She just absolved Bill Clinton. keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #8
But he didn't go to Harvard. ShazzieB Dec 2021 #14
Yep! One of the elite biggies, keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #37
Proves one thing, House of Roberts Dec 2021 #9
And lawyers never lie. Baitball Blogger Dec 2021 #10
So, attendance at those colleges isn't the reason she lied? patphil Dec 2021 #11
Her lying is pathological The Wizard Dec 2021 #12
She's lying maveric Dec 2021 #13
Scorecard Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #15
What a brazen piece of trash. ShazzieB Dec 2021 #16
They weren't lies. They were alternative releases. marble falls Dec 2021 #17
Yeah, she went to all those places... 2naSalit Dec 2021 #18
Kayleigh I Am A Christian You Don't Know The Meaning Of The Word DanieRains Dec 2021 #19
Yeah, ok, Kayleigh. We'll just call it "spining" instead of lying. brush Dec 2021 #20
Oxford "University" The King of Prussia Dec 2021 #21
How about that Hillbilly J.N. Kennedy from LA. is at the very least s slimy POS. usaf-vet Dec 2021 #30
Oh, THAT Kennedy. ShazzieB Dec 2021 #34
Reads like she truly believes that Ruby the Liberal Dec 2021 #22
Oh, I'm pretty sure she is. ShazzieB Dec 2021 #35
And none of them Corgigal Dec 2021 #23
Attending Georgetown. Harvard, and Oxford doesn't equate to moral integrity. iluvtennis Dec 2021 #25
She is a lying sack of christain shizz... RANDYWILDMAN Dec 2021 #27
Oxford teaches you how to be a skilled liar and grifter. Just ask BoJo..... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2021 #28
But none of those degrees... Cracklin Charlie Dec 2021 #29
...when a LIAR tries to convince themselves they're not lying.... Talitha Dec 2021 #31
She lacks any moral compass and lies on demand to further herself Johonny Dec 2021 #32
She must be one those it's not lying if you're lying for the lord christians. Solly Mack Dec 2021 #33
Jethro Bodine wants to talk! whistler162 Dec 2021 #36
I stopped reading when I got to " and is a Christian.". nt Hotler Dec 2021 #38
 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
1. Wow, such an inventive way to use one's Christianity as a convenient coverplate for the
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 10:04 PM
Dec 2021

lies about her previous nuclear grade lying.

TFG and most of his captains had a decent education and we’re ever so Christian as well, so I rest my case.

underpants

(182,851 posts)
5. Aside from the "lie" claim at her first appearance I remember her mention of her child.
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 10:12 PM
Dec 2021

Clearly appearance is more important than substance to her and its a big part of why she got the job. She a natural for Fox News.

At the end she just HAD to mention that she had a 5 month old child. The way she said it was “look at how perfect/better than you” I am way.

I am sure Trump hated having Sarah “the Uncredible Huck” Huckabee being the face of his operation.

IcyPeas

(21,894 posts)
7. These are the same people who also claim that the elites who went to top schools are the problem
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 10:27 PM
Dec 2021
These are the same people who also claim that the elites who went to top schools are the real problem in America.




Rebl2

(13,536 posts)
24. Yea I
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 11:28 PM
Dec 2021

have never understood republicans reasoning by calling democrats elites because they went to Ivy League schools, when they went to the very same schools. As always, republican hypocrites the whole lot of them.

House of Roberts

(5,179 posts)
9. Proves one thing,
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 10:31 PM
Dec 2021

she was perfect for Trump, as he keeps lying to himself to make himself feel better, and so does she.

Sorry child, we have you recorded on video, every day you held a press conference.

Baitball Blogger

(46,752 posts)
10. And lawyers never lie.
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 10:34 PM
Dec 2021

The world has changed. No one has the right to use sweeping generalities to hide behind anymore.

patphil

(6,193 posts)
11. So, attendance at those colleges isn't the reason she lied?
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 10:38 PM
Dec 2021

Well then, what were the reasons she lied? Because, we know she's a liar.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,027 posts)
15. Scorecard
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 10:45 PM
Dec 2021

https://www.politifact.com/personalities/kayleigh-mcenany/

True 0%
Mostly True 25%
Half True 12%
Mostly False 25%
False 25%
Pants on Fire 12%

Kayleigh McEnany
stated on September 9, 2020 in a White House press briefing:
Says President Donald Trump “never downplayed the virus.”

ShazzieB

(16,460 posts)
16. What a brazen piece of trash.
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 10:48 PM
Dec 2021

She's as bad as her Orange Overlord, denying lies that were recorded on video and have been seen and heard countless times since.

 

DanieRains

(4,619 posts)
19. Kayleigh I Am A Christian You Don't Know The Meaning Of The Word
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 11:03 PM
Dec 2021

I don't help wannabee dictators murder 500,000 Americans by lying with a straight face, and saying since I am a Christian I am not lying.

You are a liar, and your will be burning in hell. Forever. Sooner than later.....

Won't see ya in heaven my girl....

usaf-vet

(6,192 posts)
30. How about that Hillbilly J.N. Kennedy from LA. is at the very least s slimy POS.
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 12:10 AM
Dec 2021

He also went to Oxford and said 'I don't know whether to call you professor or comrade': Kennedy accuses Biden nominee of being communist

Sen. Kennedy graduated magna cum laude in political science, philosophy, and economics from Vanderbilt University, was president of his senior class, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was an executive editor of the “Virginia Law Review” and elected to the Order of the Coif. He earned a Bachelor of Civil Law degree with first class honors from Oxford University (Magdalen College) in England, where he studied under Sir Rupert Cross and Sir John H. C. Morris.


ShazzieB

(16,460 posts)
35. Oh, I'm pretty sure she is.
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 03:19 AM
Dec 2021

Only a sociopath can lie with that mixture of supreme confidence and utter lack of guilt or remorse.

She might as well be wearing a sign.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
23. And none of them
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 11:17 PM
Dec 2021

educated her in common sense. Anyone with common sense, no matter where they sat in a classroom, would have worked for Trump. You sold yourself out.

iluvtennis

(19,865 posts)
25. Attending Georgetown. Harvard, and Oxford doesn't equate to moral integrity.
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 11:33 PM
Dec 2021


She’s a con artist just like tfg

RANDYWILDMAN

(2,673 posts)
27. She is a lying sack of christain shizz...
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 11:50 PM
Dec 2021

it must be the libs who do all they lying then, if you say so


How does she even look at herself in the mirror when her arm is broken from patting herself on the back


If you see her memoir at any of your friend's houses, run like hell.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
28. Oxford teaches you how to be a skilled liar and grifter. Just ask BoJo.....
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 12:00 AM
Dec 2021

and George Osborne in the UK. The best liars, the very best!

KY......

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
29. But none of those degrees...
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 12:04 AM
Dec 2021

Kept her from working for the biggest liar to ever walk a step in the White House? She was one of the last ones to leave.

So, they don’t teach dignity at Oxford?

Johonny

(20,867 posts)
32. She lacks any moral compass and lies on demand to further herself
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 12:24 AM
Dec 2021

she is a great example of the selfish GOP elite. People that give not a damn about anyone and will step on anyone's grave to make a buck.

We all know she's lying but she doesn't care because the suckers she's bleeding dry mean nothing to her.

Solly Mack

(90,778 posts)
33. She must be one those it's not lying if you're lying for the lord christians.
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 01:04 AM
Dec 2021

And lying for Trump must be part of her religion.

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