Former Donald Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Friday she was tired of successor Jen Psaki’s press briefings with “bad news” and compared her to infamous Saturday Night Live character Debbie Downer.
McEnany was the co-host of her Fox News show Outnumbered when she lashed out at press secretary Joe Biden for giving reporters grim news about Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, rising gas prices and inflation.
Gas prices have soared to their highest level in history, inflation is at a 40-year high under Biden, and Psaki has been questioned for almost a month about how Biden will react to the horrors Russia has inflicted on Ukraine.
“Do you remember that SNL character, Debbie Downer? Every time I turn on a press briefing it depresses Deeeeeebbie.”
She was referring to the sketch character played by Rachel Dratch, who has always been depressed, negative, lethargic and pessimistic in her segments.
Downer was introduced with the song, “You’re enjoying your day, things are going their way, and then Debbie Downer comes along. Always ready to tell you about a new disease, a car accident or killer bees. You will beg her to spare you: “Debbie, please!” but you can’t stop Debbie Downer.
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Former Donald Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Friday she was tired of successor Jen Psaki’s press briefings with “bad news” and compared her to infamous Saturday Night Live character Debbie Downer.
McEnany was the co-host of her Fox News show Outnumbered when she lashed out at press secretary Joe Biden for giving reporters grim news about Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, rising gas prices and inflation.
“You know, Putin is going to invade – oh, he might use chemical weapons. Oh, expect inflation, oh, gasoline prices are about to rise,” McEnany continued.
“It’s like we didn’t choose you to uphold the status quo, read on coffee grounds, we chose you to change the status quo. I’m tired of Debbie Downer.
“Make sure these events don’t happen by being strong on the world stage and solving problems here at home.”
The former press secretary, who frequently attended Trump’s COVID briefings towards the end of his tenure, responded to her colleague Carly Shimkus criticizing Biden for blaming Putin for high gas prices and lingering fears that there will be food shortages. because war.
“Inflation is at a four-year high. It doesn’t happen overnight,” she said. “And you know the president said that he would try to get American farmers to increase food production to try to bring down prices because of the wheat shortage, but it would be very difficult to do that because many farmers have exhausted themselves. ‘
Shimkus added that fertilizer prices have skyrocketed due to inflation and the White House has offered few solutions.
McEnany was referring to the sketch character played by Rachel Dratch, who has always been depressed, negative, lethargic and pessimistic in her segments.
Biden accused Putin of raising gas prices and warned repeatedly that there would be economic costs to Americans during an invasion, even though gas prices have been rising since he took office.
Psaki was scheduled to travel with Biden to Brussels for a NATO summit and to Poland to meet with US troops and refugees before she tested positive for COVID on Tuesday.
She was sent to a five-day quarantine, and her place was taken by the first deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
Psaki made headlines when she suggested that Hillary Clinton, who also tested positive, watch the Netflix series Inventing Anna about convicted con artist Anna Sorokina while in lockdown.
The scammer was quick to gloat in an interview with on Wednesday and also revealed that she was granted an emergency stay to block a deportation order filed last month.
“By the way, Jen Psaki just said on Twitter that she’s watching Inventing Anna and recommended it to Hillary Clinton,” Anna said during an interview while in upstate New York custody.
‘[I’m] glad to hear that Jen Psaki is enjoying me during her Netflix and Quarantine timeout.
“Also, I just got a stay at ICE and wonder if they’re related in some way.”
Biden warned on Thursday that global food shortages will be “real” due to the ongoing invasion and the damaging effects of the sanctions he has imposed on Russians.
Psaki was scheduled to travel with Biden to Brussels for a NATO summit and to Poland to meet with US troops and refugees before she tested positive for COVID on Tuesday. He eats pizza with US soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division in Poland on Friday.
Biden’s terrible approval shows no signs of recovery: Only 34% of Americans approve in a poll that Democrats trust, while another poll shows a majority of voters blame him for inflation and gas prices.
New polls this week show the White House may be in trouble.
A new poll by a trusted Democratic source shows that not 3 in 10 Americans believe the economy will improve in a year, and only 34 percent approve of President Biden’s performance as president.
The survey was conducted by J. Ann Seltzer for Grinnell College in Iowa. Selzer’s Iowa voter polls have a reputation for being highly accurate, especially among Democrats, who hold Iowa caucuses earlier than any other state.
While 34 percent approve of Biden’s performance in office, 52 percent disapprove and 14 percent have no opinion. 37% approve of Biden’s handling of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, 47% approve of his handling of Covid-19, and 31% approve of his handling of the economy.
Meanwhile, only 27 percent of Americans believe the economy will improve in 12 months, down 10 points from March 2021.
Biden still holds a majority in his party, with 70 percent approving of his work and 89 percent of Republicans disapproving.
While 34 percent approve of Biden’s performance in office, 52 percent disapprove and 14 percent have no opinion.
37% approve of Biden’s handling of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, 47% approve of his handling of Covid-19, and 31% approve of his handling of the economy.
Seltzer said she was interested that as many as 14 percent of Americans have no opinion about Biden. “It seems unlikely that Joe Biden is not well known enough to make a judgment. I believe this is a reflection of the high level of uncertainty everywhere — the war in Ukraine, inflation, COVID-19 and more.”
The polling data could pose problems for Democrats in the upcoming election, as the midterms are historically a referendum on the presidency. The party not in the White House also has a historical advantage.
Meanwhile, Americans remain relatively unanimous about what the nation’s position on Ukraine should be. Seventy-seven percent of Americans believe the nation should allow Ukrainian refugees to resettle here. Biden announced that 100,000 Ukrainians would be admitted on Thursday.
At the same time, 72 percent support sending American weapons to Ukraine, but 70 percent are against the introduction of American troops into battle. Americans are more divided over the introduction of a no-fly zone over Ukraine, with 52 percent opposed. This would mean that NATO troops would have to move to Ukraine with orders to shoot down Russian aircraft.