Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany praised Joe Biden as “funny and likable” and a “man of the people” who resonated with the middle class, when considering the potential of a race between Biden and Donald Trump in 2015.
The statement was a response to the question of whether Biden or Hillary Clinton would be a tougher opponent for Republicans in 2016.
“I think the Republicans run into a problem if it is Joe Biden and if it is maybe a Trump on the other side,” McEnany said on local New York’s AM970. “Because Joe Biden, one of the things he is remarkable at is really kind of being a man of the people and resonating with middle class voters. Feeling like — coming off as human. His gaffes — as much as we make fun of them — to a certain extent they make him look human. So not, since he’s likable.”
In 2020, as an enlightened Trump employee, McEnany has of course changed her tune. In response to her 2015 comments, she says she has since learned of Biden’s “profound personal corruption,” and regurgitates the Trump echo-chamber tripe that Biden is “an empty vessel for the liberal elites and far left.”
Story at CNN.