Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany may be the latest official to take advantage of the revolving door between Fox News and the Trump administration. According to her termination financial disclosure report, McEnany reached an agreement with the company in January 2021 to start working there this month. During her stint in the Trump administration, McEnany regularly appeared on the network, including more than 20 times after Trump lost the 2020 election.
The financial disclosure also shows that Turning Point USA covered a $6,500 gift for McEnany and a guest to attend an event at which she received an award. In December 2020, McEnany attended the group’s winter gala at Mar-a-Lago which was widely criticized as flouting coronavirus restrictions. In addition, McEnany reported receiving nearly $200,000 in salary and bonus from the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee. While the reporting period includes a few months before McEnany started working at the White House, Salon reported that the Trump campaign paid her $12,000 after she started her job as press secretary. After Salon’s report, McEnany explained that the $12,000 was paid back but Salon was not able to verify whether that indeed happened.
oldfrancis on January 26th, 2021 at 16:36 UTC »
"I will never lie to you." -- her, with the very first question she was asked
xstegosaurusx on January 26th, 2021 at 16:19 UTC »
Hiring liars and sycophants to replace the straight journalists they just purged suggests to me that four years being the bullhorn for that hefty bag of expired semen and cheeto dust that held the presidency hasn't been enough to force reflection or for them to learn any lesson beyond "he shouts, we shout, they shout for ratings."
Yeeaaaarrrgh on January 26th, 2021 at 16:14 UTC »
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what it's all about: being a completely awful human being to ride the gravy train for the easily duped. Hold on, I've got to say the Pledge of Allegiance as I wipe patriotic tears away.