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'She'll Fit Right In': Combative TV Pundit's Meteoric Rise To Trump White House

The White House's new chief spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany has a flair for confrontational and sometimes untrue assertions on cable news — much like her boss, the president.
The White House's new chief spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany has a flair for confrontational and sometimes untrue assertions on cable news — much like her boss, the president.

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Kayleigh McEnany, just days shy of her 32nd birthday, already has acquired a bevy of classic establishment credentials. She holds degrees from Georgetown University's foreign service school and Harvard Law. She studied at Oxford. She served as a top spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee — which is to say the GOP — and for the president's re-election campaign.

McEnany also became, in a few short years, a notable pro-Trump presence on cable television, first as a CNN talking head and later as a party and campaign surrogate. Recently, she has suggested for guidance on the risk of pandemic rather than public health officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci and that to have a deadly effect to undermine Trump's presidency. She also has promoted and .

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