White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany also weighs in President Trump’s upcoming rallies, coronavirus relief negotiations and more on ‘Fox & Friends.’
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Guys,
Brian thanks so much Griff
Kayleigh Mcenanys been
preparing for all this, as she
recovers from the Covid 19
virus
White House, press secretary, of
course
great to see you
firstoff. Does it surprise you
at all that the Democrats have
been regularly meeting to divvy
up their plans of attacking what
could be Supreme Court Justice
Barrett?
Does that worry you?
No it doesnt worry me in
the slightest
Democrats really exposed
themselves during the Kavanaugh
hearings.
The two lowest points were
impeachment and the Kavanaugh
hearings, and here we are again
they will do the same antics.
They will go down the same sort
of attack lines.
They may not attack her
character, but they certainly
will attack her faith as weve
seen them do before talking
about the dogma within her, which
is a really disgusting attack on
a mother, a woman of faith and
someone whos an upstanding
citizen and would be a great
justice
Steve. You know. In the
meantime, we know that Kamala
Harris will be questioning her,
probably tomorrow, via zoom or
however theyre going to set it
up remotely
Joe Biden in the meantime has
been asked repeatedly about
hey, listen. If you are elected
president of the United States
to dilute the conservative
majority, would you pack the
court
its a simple, yes or no
question, and it would have a
simple yes or no answer?
Does he do that
watch this
here? He is in Vegas Friday,
Sir ive got to ask you
about packing the courts, and I
know that
sure
you said yesterday. You
werent going to answer the
question until after the
election,
but this is the number one thing
that ive been asked from
viewers in the past couple of
days.
Well, theyre, probably
Republicans who dont want me
continuing to talk about what
theyre doing to the court right
now?
Well, sir dont. The voters
deserve to
no. They dont
im not going to play this game.
Hed love me to talk about
ive already said something on
packing. The court
hed love that to be the
discussion. Instead of what hes
doing now
Steve, he made it very clear we
dont deserve to know until
after he is elected, which makes
you wonder what other surprises
there would be
Kayleigh if you are a moderate
undecided, voter Democrat or
Republican youd like to know
one way or the other
yeah. You certainly would
and youre entitled to that.
This is how seriously President
Trump took his promises to the
american people. He put out a
list with the very names of who
he would put on the Supreme
Court.
He didnt owe that to voters,
but he gave it to them because
hes transparent and wanted
voters to know exactly where he
stands.
Yes, voters deserve to know if
he will reshape the judiciary,
eliminate the filibuster. Voters
deserve to know, and that was a
really elitist remark from Joe
Biden.
Ainsley weve heard a lot of
people say by not answering the
question. They just assume he
will pack the court, but he was
against it in nineteen. Eighty three
look at this video that we
found.
President, Roosevelt clearly
had the right to say to the
United States, Senate and
Congress, a proposal to pack the
court.
It was totally within his right
to do that.
He violated no law. He was legal,
listically, absolutely correct,
but it was a bonehead idea.
It was a terrible, terrible
mistake to make and it put in
question for an entire decade
the independence of the most
significant body, including the
Congress, in my view, the most
significant body in this
country, the Supreme Court of
the United States of America
Ainsley. He answered the
question in 83.
Why isnt? He answering it now in
two thousand and twenty,
because the answer is he
would do the exact opposite of
what he would do back before AOC
and the radical left became his
puppeteers
thats. Why he cant say it out
loud
Joe Bidens, former self. When
FDR tried this, it was a
boneheaded idea and one that the
Senate excoriated him for
make no mistake, thats what
Kamala Harris the most radical
senator and Joe Biden and AOC
plus three his handlers would
do to this country,
Brian. So, by the way they
formed their own group. Now, to
really try and push Joe Biden
before the election,
so lets talk about what the
presidents schedules going to
be
its going to be hes going
to be in Sanford Florida. Today
then hes going to be in
Johnston, Pennsylvania then DES
Moines, Iowa, then Greenville
North Carolina
when it comes to these events,
will anything be different.
Kayleigh in terms of the
distance and the more I guess
more deliberate. When it comes to
putting on masks,
we will have the same
policies that weve had in
place. The campaign has always
handed out masks, encouraged
people to wear them provided
hand sanitize or,
ultimately, you have a right in
this country to show up and
express your political
viewpoint thats why we have
peaceful protests.
You cant have one standard for
the protesters out there on one
side, but not for those wanting
to express their first amendment
rights in support of this
president,
Steve Kayleigh, Dr Fauci, has a
taken exception with one of your
campaign ads where he is
speaking positively about the
federal government response to
coronavirus in the early days
that was taken out of context.
Ive never said anything. You
know ive never endorsed a
candidate in my life career.
What do you have to say about
the fact that he says he was
taken out of context and he
shouldnt be in your ad?
Well, I would encourage
viewers or to go watch the full
context, which is on your
channel on Mark levins, show
where Dr Fauci said that our
response has been impressive. He
cant imagine anyone doing a
better job ever
those were Dr Faucis words.
He noted that the travel
restriction saved lives and
what this president has done,
putting those in place when the
Democrats were calling him
xenophobic. So I would encourage
folks to watch the mark. Levin
interview,
Ainsley, a debate on Thursday
scheduled for Thursday, has been
canceled. Essentially
they want it. Virtually. The
president said he wasnt going
to do that.
Presidents now asking to
reschedule that debate.
What have you heard from the
commissionsome?
Nothing, radio silence.
They are a bunch of partisans.
The daily caller did an expose
and exposed the majority of
folks on the commission are
never trumpers anti President
Trump.
They do not represent the
country
you have one hundred and seventy five doctors. According
to the New Yoyork Post, that ha
said this is medically safe to
do health wise. This is safe,
but the commission on
presidential debates can is
covering for Joe Biden, who had a
disastrous debate. Performance
Brian lets, move on and talk
about the something that would
help a lot of people in this
country and thats a stimulus
bill, another rescue package.
When you look at people like
Cory, Gardner and Republican Thom,
Tillis Joni Ernst fighting for
their seats, they seem to really
think thats what the people of
their states want
right now. The Republicans are at
one dollar and eighty cents trillion Nancy Pelosis at
two dollars and twenty cents trillion.
Why cant a package come
together?
What do you say to Senate
Republicans that dont want to
go along with what the president
wants?
I believe Senate Republicans
would come along.
The president noted that
yesterday
we believe Senate Republicans
are not whats blocking this. It
is Democrats,
you look at both sides. One side
has been move being and it has
been the Republicans moving to
one point: six trillion moving to 1th
one point: eight
Nancy Pelosi is sitting
staunchly and I dont know if
shes in the salon or back in
Congress, not moving us.
The american people deserve
better
Steve. Speaking of Covid
governor Andrew Cuomo has gotten
praise over the last six months
or so for the way the New York
State
Brian hes got a book out
Steve yeah. He does,
but at the same time there are
stories that Joe Biden would
like to consider Andrew Cuomo,
governor of New, as his attorney
general
and in fact people inside the
Democratic Governors
Association are so concerned,
theyre talking about how to
fill his vacancy if he becomes
attorney general.
What do you think of him as
a dot g?
I think its ooh another
radical left decision in the
administration thats what Joe
Bidens looking at
in terms of the covid response.
He went against CDC guidelines
by shoving people with Covid
back into nursing homes, not
utilizing the extra capacity in
hospitals.
There would be a lot more people
alive today if Andrew Cuomo had
done his job as governor
listened to CDC guidelines and
not put people back into nursing
homes,
Ainsley Kayleigh,
Brian wait. A second have you
tested negative twice yet
I havent tested yet, but I
will be back this in probably forty eight
hours so im looking forward to
it
Ainsley. Oh, my goodness.
I know you want to hug your
baby.
I do.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-17.