McEnany Ignores Male Deputies While Railing Against Coverage Of Biden’s All-Female Comms Team

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany listens during a news briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on June 17, 2020. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was met with derision on Sunday night after she attacked the Washington Post for reporting on President-elect Joe Biden’s newly announced communications team made up entirely of women.

“President @realDonaldTrump already has an ALL FEMALE Senior White House Press Team,” McEnany tweeted with a screenshot of the Post’s headline.

The White House official went on to gripe that “the completely DISCREDITED
@washingtonpost once again reveals their blinding propagandist Fake News proclivities.”

However, she apparently forgot that her own deputies, Judd Deere and Brian Morgenstern, are male. In fact, much of TPM’s outreach to the White House has been fielded by Deere.

Strangely enough, Deere himself retweeted McEnany’s complaint:

(Screenshot: Twitter)

Besides Washington Post reporter Aaron Blake tearing down the Trump aide’s attack, the tweet prompted people to remind McEnany who was on her own communications team:

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