Ex-Trump Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Claims Trump Is ‘Moral Authority’ on Anti-Semitism
Former White House Press Secretary and current Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany described her old boss, former President Donald Trump, as “the moral authority” on anti-Semitism Thursday.
Reacting angrily to President Joe Biden’s remarks on the protests occurring on college campuses around the country earlier in the day, McEnany said she didn’t want to hear any more complaints about the right and anti-Semitism.
“This is a problem of the left. Joe Biden hails from the left. He is a Democrat president. I’m sorry, but I give him no credit today. Zero credit today. I like to give Biden credit where credit’s due. Not today,” began McEnany. “So Biden speaks today because politically the moment demanded it. But what did he have time to do over the last nine days? Take issue with the effort of Florida to protect unborn babies. He went to the White House Correspondents Dinner. He did a campaign event in D.C., did a campaign event in Delaware. He found time for all that. He even went on Howard Stern. He found all the time in the world for that. But he couldn’t speak out about this.”
She continued:
You don’t get credit for that. And then about a minute into his speech, which, by the way, only lasted about a minute or two — so, yeah, clearly not prioritizing this — about a minute or two to speak. He says this is not a moment for politics. It’s a moment for moral clarity. Well, it’s not a moment for politics. Then why have you treated it so politically?
Here’s the sad part. The press will let him get away with this. If Donald Trump had delivered those exact same remarks in the exact same timeline, the White House press briefing room would be at a fever pitch…We would be asked, “Do you denounce the support from any anti-Semitic protester?” And unless we denounced every young person in the country, that wouldn’t be enough. And then we would be asked, “Will you pull their student loans?” If we didn’t answer, there would be a ferocious roar from the White House press corps.
“As Donald Trump said, Joe Biden is the moral authority for this country. Has he acted like it? No. He’s led from behind,” concluded McEnany. “The former president has been the moral authority on this issue, not the current one.”
Trump was a steadfast supporter of the state of Israel, a U.S. ally, during his time in office, but has been criticized for a dinner he had with two of the country’s most famous anti-Semites, Nick Fuentes and Kanye West.
Watch above via Fox News.
