McEnany: Trump Won’t “Weigh In” On Kenosha Killer

The Daily Beast reports:

After confirming that the president had no plans on visiting the family of Jacob Blake — whose shooting by police kicked off the protests in Kenosha — McEnany was then asked if the president intends to condemn the 17-year-old Rittenhouse’s actions.

“The president is not going to weigh in on that, he may weigh in further this evening but at the moment, he’s not weighing in,” the press secretary replied.

Further pressed on why the president recently liked a tweet praising Rittenhouse, McEnany claimed the president was just trying to bring attention to “details that aren’t as well-known” about the shootings, such as the fact that one of his alleged victims had a gun and that Rittenhouse—a fervent Trump supporter—”was being attacked.”

Reporter asks if President Trump condemns the actions of Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen charged for killing two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

McEnany: “The president is not going to weigh in on that” https://t.co/Nj065CIsxp pic.twitter.com/TcPrKXS1oo

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 31, 2020

REPORTER: Does the president condemn the actions of Kyle Rittenhouse, who is accused of shooting protesters?

McENANY: The president is not going to weigh in on that pic.twitter.com/MNaL1tkESx

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2020

REPORTER: Coronavirus infections have reached 6 million, over 180k dead. Why did POTUS retweeted a report over the weekend that suggests the death toll is way lower?

McENANY: He was referring to new info from the CDC that shows 94% of Covid fatalities weren’t from Covid alone pic.twitter.com/0hT86FcKyq

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2020