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Why White House Press Briefings Need To Die
For now…
Back in May, the new White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany made a pledge “never to lie” to the American people, while conducting her first-ever briefing from the podium that has hosted a roster of sinister characters repping this toxic administration.
Remember Sean Spicer’s infamous rant where he lied with a straight face and laughable seriousness about the “historic” number of attendees at Donald Trump’s inaugural festivities?
The now-reformed Anthony Scaramucci was booted after only 10 days of comical incoherency, but it wasn’t his feat as one of the worst liars to ever do it that got him fired. It was his inability to keep his mouth shut about behind-the-scenes mayhem at his place of work that ultimately sealed his fate.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders proved to be the anointed menace to society, as she willfully vilified the media, and expertly waged war on assigned truth tellers, who dared to challenge and fact-check the falsehoods that she criminally normalized as truths without flinching.
