Trump’s new press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, criticized for long list of anti-LGBTQ, racist remarks – By Muri Assunção (New York Daily News) / April 9 2020
The latest person to head the communications team at the White House has a long list of anti-LGBTQ and racist remarks.
On Tuesday Kayleigh McEnany was named the administration’s newest press secretary — the fourth in a tumultuous governmental office that regulates the exchange of official information between the executive branch and journalists covering the White House.
She replaced Stephanie Grisham, who didn’t hold a single press briefing during her eight-month stint on the job.
McEnany, a 31-year-old Trump loyalist, first gained notoriety as a CNN commentator in 2016 as a fierce defender of then-candidate Donald Trump during the months leading up to the election.
The often soft-spoken Bible-loving conservative rising star was an all-out fighter for some of Trump’s most controversial views. Her loyalty to the president paid off, and in 2017 she was nominated to the high-profile position of spokesperson to the Republican National Committee.
Her nomination as the guardian and defender of the administration’s rhetoric, however, has alarmed LGBTQ groups, who were quick to point out a well documented long history of racist, homophobic and anti-transgender remarks.
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