Trump Rips His Own Former Press Secretary: 'The RINOS & Globalists Can Have Her'
Guy Benson
7–8 minutes
The former White House Press Secretary in question is Kayleigh McEnany, who earned her MAGA stripes as one of the sole pro-Trump voices on CNN in 2016. She showed up, day in and day out, in uber-hostile territory, and went to bat for him -- even when he didn't deserve it, in my view. I vividly recall watching her appearances and disagreeing with her relentless Trump support, a stance that I did not share. But I begrudgingly admired her preparedness, her tenacity, and her willingness to stare down mega-panels of sneering opponents, all of whom openly wanted to crush both her and the man she was defending. Having gone through that very public gauntlet, McEnany was eventually rewarded for her loyalty and performances: Trump named her his top spokesperson in early 2020. The Trump universe loved her, sharing and celebrating her frequent, combative exchanges with reporters.
She joined Fox News a few months after her boss lost to Joe Biden and has been a colleague ever since. In full disclosure, we still don't always agree (though we often do), and I've gotten to know her a little bit. She strikes me as smart, kind, and very polite. She is a conservative. And in addition to her enthusiasm over the accomplishments of the Trump administration, as a Floridian, she also admires Gov. Ron DeSantis. She says positive things about both men on the air. But because she allegedly misspoke about the size of Trump's polling lead in one particular survey, Trump now says he's done with her:
This isn't really just about one comment about polling analysis. McEnany likes DeSantis and isn't openly siding with Trump, so the former president's transactional, self-obsessed, one-way loyalty test has been broached, in his mind. So now she's a 'Milktoast [sic] RINO globalist,' or whatever. McEnany becomes the latest in a seemingly endless line of former Trump supporters, surrogates, and high-ranking officials whom Trump openly trashes, mocks and belittles. He's angrily feuding with numerous members of his own former cabinet, plus his unflinchingly loyal Vice President -- who fell out of favor by refusing to violate the constitution in pursuit of an insane election-reversal scheme.
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