GOP Spokeswoman Claims White House ‘Stands with Women’
It’s pretty hard to
spin the reality that the Trump administration has knowingly staffed white,
male aggressors who have been accused of all kinds of abuse toward women
throughout their lives, including the president himself.
But self–described
“Christian” and Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kayleigh
McEnany did her best on Saturday morning, following the departure
of two senior White House staffers within 48 hours over domestic abuse
allegations.
Unfortunately, almost immediately after McEnany had claimed
to MSNBC’s Alex Witt that, “This is
a White House that stands with women, unmistakably,” Donald Trump proved the
exact opposite by tweeting out a defense of accused
domestic abuser Rob Porter, the White House staff secretary who resigned
this week after two of his former spouses came forward to describe horrendous physical
attacks and verbal abuse during their marriages.
“Can you understand, Kayleigh, why some people are upset at
the president because he didn’t acknowledge the women or the abuse that they
allegedly took?” Witt asked the GOP spokeswoman. “I mean, it’s unlike what you
did in your response. Does he have an insensitivity for women?”