In an appearance on FOX News, which is what passes for a press briefing these days from a White House “Press Secretary,” newly minted spokesmodel Kayleigh Macenany went heavy on the spin when she said, “You had Nancy Pelosi tearing up the State of the Union while President Trump was sounding the alarm about the coronavirus."
The thing is, I found the entire SOTU text online and guess how many times the orange idiot mentioned the virus? If you said once, you would be correct. "Protecting Americans’ health also means fighting infectious diseases. We are coordinating with the Chinese government and working closely together on the coronavirus outbreak in China. My administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from this threat."
That's it. February 4, and the virus received only a passing mention in the State of the Union address.
Mcenany also excoriated Democrats for not doing enough, saying "they need to get back to Washington." She even tossed in a mention of ice cream and Nancy Pelosi’s freezer. Nice touch. The problem with that statement (about returning to DC, not the ice cream), of course, is that Moscow Mitch has decided that the Senate won't return until to DC until May 4, a deal he worked out with the House. “As the country continues working together to flatten the curve, following the advice of health experts, the full Senate is not expected to travel back to Washington D.C. sooner than Monday, May 4th," he said in a recent statement.
So we have a new spokesmodel, but it's same song second verse. Lie, obfuscate, bend the truth to fit Trump's narrative. Everything, it seems, but hold an actual press briefing. The more things change...