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Kayleigh McEnany

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Kayleigh McEnany is a Republican political commentator and former White House Press Secretary under President Donald Trump. She served in this role from April 2020 until January 2021, becoming known for her defense of the Trump administration's policies and her confrontational style during press briefings. Prior to her role as Press Secretary, McEnany was a national spokesperson for the Republican National Committee and a contributor for various media outlets, including CNN and Fox News. McEnany has been a prominent figure in conservative media and continues to engage in political commentary.

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Jan 8, 2017

I think arguably, he was the one who had the president-elect's ear the most.

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Jan 4, 2017

I think this is where Donald Trump can push congressional Republicans. Congressional Republicans want to defund, and I agree with that.

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Jan 4, 2017

If you go on Donald Trump's campaign website, there is actually a rather detailed PDF where he talked about proposing a rule on day one that would allow him to tax remittances.

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Jan 2, 2017

He's doing a pretty good job if he's gotten 700 new jobs from Ford, 1,000 in Carrier.

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Jan 2, 2017

If you're going to do that and try to take advantage of the American economy, you're going to suffer in the form of a tariff perhaps.

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Jan 2, 2017

I think you have to repeal it undoubtedly, but you must replace it, because if there's not a replacement there, Republicans are going to have a big problem on their hands.

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Jan 2, 2017

I think Republicans are by and large united around Paul Ryan's plan, which when you go and look at it that the dubbing on his plan says affordable health care for all.

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Dec 27, 2016

I think it was entirely fair to advocate when you are asked by the Israeli prime minister for the United States to do what they have always done and that is to say, reject and veto any condemnation of Israel at the U.N.

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Dec 25, 2016

It's the Michigan voters, it's the Wisconsin voters, it's the Rust Belt voters who are so disenfranchised and feel so left out in the cold.

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Dec 25, 2016

I do relish the Democrats sticking with the plan because I think it's an awful plan and one that will ensure they'll continue losing for a very long time.

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Dec 25, 2016

But there's one economic indicator that matters and it's how people feel.

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Dec 20, 2016

He is getting the details. Let's be clear here, the presidential daily brief is a product.

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Dec 19, 2016

This is the person who's funneling this information through for Donald Trump.

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Dec 19, 2016

This is a lot of nothing to see here. Because you have the event holders who are saying one thing and then campaign and the former poll typically saying, that they had nothing to do with this fund-raiser.

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Dec 19, 2016

If you're so worried that Donald Trump is so unknowledgeable and doesn't know the things he needs to know, you should be thrilled that he is getting information through some of our nation's experts.

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Dec 19, 2016

He is being briefed every single day, sometimes twice a day ...

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Dec 19, 2016

We in the media don't know a lot. What we do know though are those who know far more than us like Devin Nunes, the head of House Intel Committee, assure us that Donald Trump is taking national security very seriously.

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Dec 15, 2016

What is equally inexcusable is for my colleague to question the legitimacy of the election, when President Obama, when Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson has come out and said no vote was tampered with.

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Dec 15, 2016

I totally disagree with his accusation of media bias. I totally agreed with his conversations about not going to voters who feel like they're not being heard.

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Dec 14, 2016

Putin is strong because Obama has been weak for the last eight years.

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Dec 14, 2016

I think he should embrace the idea of a bipartisan commission, congressional investigation, Republican congressmen certainly seem to be on board with that idea.

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