Kayleigh McEnany Replaces Stephanie Grisham As White House Press Secretary

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - FEBRUARY 23: U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (R) participates in a conversation with political commentator Kayleigh McEnany during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center February 23, 2017 in National Harbor, Maryland. Hosted by the American Conservative Union, CPAC is an annual gathering of right wing politicians, commentators and their supporters. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

She has the distinction of never having held a press briefing, and now she’s out. Stephanie Grisham is no longer the White House press secretary.

Grisham is returning to the East Wing to become Melania Trump’s chief of staff. The move comes just days after Mark Meadows took over as White House chief of staff. From CNN:

“Kayleigh McEnany, who served as Trump’s 2020 campaign spokeswoman, will replace Grisham as White House press secretary, according to two sources familiar with the situation.Meadows is also tapping Alyssa Farah, the current spokeswoman for the Defense Department, to be the director of strategic communications, the two sources said. Ben Williamson, a Meadows staffer, will become the senior communications adviser.”

McEnany is a Trump loyalist, who in late February remarked:

“This president will always put America first, he will always protect American citizens… We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here, we will not see terrorism come here.”

What new White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was saying about coronavirus in Feb https://t.co/md0P0XO5Gd
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) April 7, 2020

She has also pushed conspiracy theories and often lies to the public.

Kayleigh McEnany: "Obama rushed off to golf after Daniel Pearl was beheaded!"

Pearl was killed in 2002. Obama was a state senator.

Expect more lies like this in the coming months.
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) April 7, 2020