Why Kayleigh McEnany is the Press Secretary

White House Press Secretary @kayleighmcenany on if Trump will stop pushing a deranged conspiracy theory about Joe Scarborough that's torturing the widower of a dead woman: "The onus is on Joe Scarborough." pic.twitter.com/dHOX1eXaUy

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 26, 2020

“Why is the president making these unfounded allegations?” ABC correspondent Jonathan Karl asked. “This is pretty nuts, isn’t it? The president is accusing somebody of possible murder. The family is pleading with the president to please stop unfounded conspiracy theories. Why is he doing this?”

After glancing at her prepared remarks, McEnany accused Scarborough of “joking about killing an intern” years after Klausutis died.

“I’m sure that was hurtful to Lori’s family,” she added.

First line of defense:  "He started it!"

“He’s the president of the United States,” Karl pointed out, “and he’s accusing somebody of possibly murder. This is different. He’s not a private citizen. He’s the president.”

“Yeah,” McEnany said, returning to her notes. “Joe Scarborough, if we want to start talking about false accusations, we have quite a few we can go through.”

That kettle is pretty burned and ugly, said the pot.

“I’m asking about the president’s allegations,” Karl pressed.

“And I’m replying to you,” McEnany quipped. “Mika [Brzezinski] accused the president of 100,000 deaths and that’s incredibly irresponsible. They’ve dragged his family through the mud. They’ve made false accusations that I won’t go through.”

So guilt by association since Scarbrough and Brzezinski are married, and co-host a TV show?  You couldn't work in a blood libel there, too, go for the trifecta?

“They should be held to account for their falsehoods!” she complained. “Joe Scarborough should be held to account for saying people will die by taking hydroxychloroquine.”

People will die from taking hydroxychloroquine.  That's simply a fact.  Worst attempt at a straw man ever.

“Does that justify the president spreading a false conspiracy theory?” Karl wondered.

“I will point you back to Joe Scarborough who laughed and joked about this item,” McEnany shot back. “It’s Joe Scarborough that has to answer these questions.”

Because we're all on the playground and it's recess until January, 2021.

And everything out of the White House until then, is a lie:

In fact, it was Imus' co-hosts who made a joke about it during a segment that was broadcast 17 years ago. How does @PressSec sleep at night? https://t.co/grwDFi1Tya

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 26, 2020