The Fox News team is defending former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany after she became the subject of Donald Trump‘s ire.
“Kayleigh ‘Milktoast' McEnany just gave out the wrong poll numbers on FoxNews,” Trump wrote in a Tuesday post on Truth Social, “I am 34 points up on DeSanctimonious, not 25 up. While 25 is great, it's not 34”
“She knew the number was corrected upwards by the group that did the poll,” he claimed. “The RINOS & Globalists can have her. FoxNews should only use REAL Stars!!!”
Shortly before Trump's post, McEnany, who is now a co-host of Fox News' Outnumbered, had appeared on Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime, where she said that Trump's 2024 Republican primary rival Ron DeSantis appeared to be closing in on the former president in Iowa.
“The DeSantis team would say, you know, ‘We just had polling come out that shows we closed the gap by 9 points since we announced in Iowa.' Still, Trump's hugely ahead, but they say they're closing the gap. That's their argument,” said McEnany, who served as Trump's press secretary between April 2020 and January 2021.
“If you look at the polling now, it was Trump 34 in Iowa, it's now Trump 25,” she continued. “That's double digits.”
On Wednesday, Brian Kilmeade didn't hold back from criticizing Trump's decision to lash out at his former press secretary.
“Three shots at common weaknesses of the president,” Kilmeade said while discussing “some subtle shots at Trump,” he saw DeSantis make during a Tuesday stump speech in Iowa.
“They see you make things up. They say he's he flies off the handle. For example, attacking Kayleigh McEnany is insane. She was one of the best press secretaries ever. Dana Perino, as Ari Fleischer watching to say she was fantastic, but she's an analyst now. She doesn't work for any campaign.”
A number of Fox News officials also knocked Trump for his attack on McEnany.
“This is pathetic. I don't care who you are. This is unacceptable and unhinged,” reacted Blaze TV host Chad Prather. “[McEnany] took bullets for this man. We have a guy in the White House destroying the country and you go after her?!?!? It's becoming an absolute joke.”
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Mr. Trump should have thought longer before going after Kayleigh, an absolute conservative.
Trump is his own worst enemy; his mouth spews nothing positive, even to those who support him. His way or the highway, including members of his family. He is sick.
DJT should remember that Bumbling Biden and the Dems are the enemy, not the Repubs.
Really bad move on the part of Trump. I have tried to make excuses in the past for some of the outrageous statements he has made, but going against McEnany might be the final straw for me.
Often Mr. Trump is his own worst enemy, for he has no filter and cannot control his impulsive tongue.
Bad mouthing Kayleigh is probably going to be Donald Trump’s Bud Light moment. Trump proved to be a really good President with great policies for the country. We would be so much better off had he gotten a second term instead the complete idiot occupying the White House now. Time to move on and elect someone who has the same vision and policies that can give us the eight years needed to fix the mess the Democrats have made.
Trump needs to be loyal to people who served him in White House. Kayleigh was continually harassed and insult as his press secretary and she continued on. He needs to stop talking and listen.