The Year in Kayleigh McEnany — the Press Sec. who promised to never lie to you.
McEnany claimed, "We don't have time in the middle of a pandemic for publicity stunts," as Blue Angels flew overhead in a meaningless show of patriotism 🇺🇸
Quite the effort to frame the president's use of "kung flu" as not racist back in June.
The world did not look at the U.S. as "a leader in COVID-19" in July, and they certainly are not looking at us that way now.
Believe this one qualifies as "gaslighting."
When you discover that going to Rhodes College does not mean you are a Rhodes Scholar.
I’m the Trump Campaign Adviser.
I’m the White House Press Secretary.
I’m the combination Trump Campaign Adviser/White House Press Secretary.
This thread would be incomplete without a nod to the journalists who tried to keep our Press Sec. honest.
Here's @kaitlancollins in defense of her work after McEnany called the briefing room "activists."
And one of the all-time briefing room moments of the Trump era, @Acosta shouting after McEnany, "Isn't it hypocritical for you to accuse others of disinformation when you spread it every day?"
A simple ending to Kayleigh's stint in the White House, via @jaketapper:
Brandon Bernard: If you don’t know his name, you should.
He was convicted of kidnapping and killing two white youth ministers on a Texas military reservation in June of 1999. He was 18 years old at the time. Today, he is scheduled to be executed by the federal government.
The bipartisan backlash to Bernard’s death sentence reaches far and wide — from the halls of Congress to the hills of Hollywood.
Well, it’s almost winter. The sun sets at 5 p.m. It’s month 9 of the pandemic, which has created anxiety and probably caused you to stay home a lot more than you normally would.
So let’s get real: It’s not a great time for mental health.
Americans’ assessment of their mental health is worse than any point in the last two decades.
Nearly every group polled — the young and old, women and men, Democrats and Republicans — report declines from 2019. news.gallup.com/poll/327311/am…
The CDC found that 2 in 5 U.S. residents are actively struggling with their mental health due to COVID — whether anxiety, depression, substance abuse, or suicidal thoughts.
It’s December, and California is literally on fire: The Bond Fire, exacerbated by Santa Ana winds, is spreading uncontrollably.
Californians must now make a dystopian choice: evacuate due to the flames or abide by the state’s COVID stay-at-home order. latimes.com/california/sto…