Press Secretary Likens Trump’s Church Photo Op To Churchill In WW II

10th September 1940: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) on a tour of bomb damage in the City of London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

There are reaches and then there is White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany. During a White House press briefing today she compared Donald Trump’s church photo op on Monday to Winston Churchill inspecting bomb damage in London during the blitz in World War II.

Here's Kayleigh McEnany comparing Trump's bizarre Bible photo op to Churchill's leadership during World War 2 pic.twitter.com/vXhMdFsLK3
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 3, 2020

One small difference: Churchill didn’t gas his own citizens, or need riot police to clear a path for him.

Ah yes, who can forget when Churchill vowed to fight the British people on the beaches, on the landing fields https://t.co/GBm2E8WAPS
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) June 3, 2020