New White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany repeatedly downplayed the threat of the coronavirus in comments made in February and March, a CNN KFile review has found
In radio and television appearances, McEnany, in her role as spokeswoman for President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, said the administration had the rapidly spreading coronavirus"under control" and said that because of travel restrictions enacted by the President,"we will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here.
At times it seems they're actively rooting against what's in the best interest of America," she said."We've seen them how many times root against the stock market doing well. You had the media saying, 'There's an inverted yield curve.' This was a few months ago, therefore a recession. Oh, RV sales are down, therefore a recession. Oh, coronavirus -- we're heading toward a recession.
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