As White House press secretary for the Biden Administration, Jen Psaki hasn’t been shy about debating Fox News’ Peter Doocy and others on the right. But she doesn’t insult them or try to bully them into silence — in contrast to Sean Spicer or Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who, as White House press secretaries in the Trump Administration, reflected Donald Trump’s view that reporters are the enemy of the people. Psaki is assertive but not belligerent; Spicer and Sanders were belligerent.
Fox News’ Kayleigh McEnany, who was the last White House press secretary under Trump, attacked Psaki during a Tuesday, April 19 conversation with her colleague Harris Faulkner on the show “Outnumbered” — describing her as “snarky” and someone with the mentality of an “autocrat.”
Kayleigh McEnany said today that Jen Psaki is an “autocrat” who gives “snarky answers” during her press conferences. pic.twitter.com/7KpVt5YFCZ
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 20, 2022
This was laughable coming from an ally and defender of the overtly authoritarian Trump, and McEnany’s anti-Psaki comments are being slammed on social media.
Here’s what some of McEnany’s critics have had to say:
Autocrat? Ms. K has a short memory.
Ever since this moment, I still can't imagine how K has a job on a major network, let alone any job at all.https://t.co/6wuDxwjHBf— Paul Woodson 📚🗣🎙🎧 (@Paul_Woodson) April 20, 2022
That Kayleigh McEnany. We could always count on her to level with us. pic.twitter.com/14P74RT0yw
— SM (@sensiblemiddle) April 20, 2022
