This week a photographer captured an image in the White House briefing room that quickly got the attention of the press corps: Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s file folder, in which she had…
’s re-election bid. She came into the role already familiar to TV audiences, as she has been one of his most relentless defenders, not just on the campaign but in an earlier role at the Republican National Committee and as a CNN commentator. And in contrast to her predecessor, Stephanie Grisham, who held no official briefings during her tenure, McEnany brought them back. Although they are not daily, they are scheduled about three times a week.
That Karl would earn his own entry in her files reflects the extent to which the briefings also have become exercises in bashing the media — not just for what reporters have written or broadcast, but for the types of questions that are asked or those that are not covered. In May, as Trump called upon state governors to allow churches to reopen “right now,” McEnany faced questions from reporters on the president’s authority to override a state.
McEnany, though, was defensive, quickly noting that the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activity while on the job, exempts the president and vice president.McEnany shot back, “Your real problem was the fact that the president gave a good, powerful speech from the Rose Garden.”
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