{"id":2330015,"date":"2024-08-23T12:43:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T16:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/an-outright-lie-kayleigh-mcenany-fires-back-at-ex-obama-official-after-she-accused-trump-of-dissing-military\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T12:48:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T16:48:55","slug":"an-outright-lie-kayleigh-mcenany-fires-back-at-ex-obama-official-after-she-accused-trump-of-dissing-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/an-outright-lie-kayleigh-mcenany-fires-back-at-ex-obama-official-after-she-accused-trump-of-dissing-military\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;An Outright Lie&#8217;: Kayleigh McEnany Fires Back at Ex-Obama Official After She Accused Trump of Dissing Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fan-outright-lie-kayleigh-mcenany-fires-back-at-ex-obama-official-after-she-accused-trump-of-dissing-military%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2330015&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former White House\u2062 press secretary Kayleigh McEnany defended \u2064former President Donald Trump against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reality-tv-can-serve-a-purpose-but-last-week-it-failed\/\" title=\"Reality TV Can Serve A Purpose, But Last Week, It Failed\">accusations made<\/a>\u200d by Marie Harf, a former \u200cState Department spokesperson, who claimed \u200bthat Trump referred to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/8-hollywood-celebrities-who-actually-back-the-blue\/\" title=\"8 Hollywood Celebrities Who Actually Back The Blue\">military veterans<\/a> as &#8220;suckers&#8221; and\u2062 &#8220;losers.&#8221; During a discussion on\u2062 Fox News, Harf acknowledged\u200c a recent compassionate moment where Trump hugged a supporter but asserted that such moments do not erase\u2064 his prior offensive comments regarding the military and veterans.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy stems from\u200b a \u20622020 article from *The Atlantic* that cited anonymous sources claiming Trump canceled a visit to a cemetery for American troops because he \u200bconsidered them &#8220;suckers&#8221; and &#8220;losers.&#8221; This claim has been contested, with former national security adviser John Bolton denying Trump made those statements. \u200dMcEnany countered Harf&#8217;s accusations, asserting that in \u200dher experience working with Trump, \u2064she never witnessed him disrespect\u200b military personnel. She emphasized that the allegations were unfounded \u2062and reliant\u200d on unverified reporting.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Former Trump White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Thursday refuted former Obama State Department spokesperson Marie Harf&rsquo;s claim that former President Donald Trump called veterans &ldquo;suckers&rdquo; and &ldquo;losers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump departed his bulletproof glass encasement to embrace a supporter who experienced a medical issue during his Wednesday outdoor rally. Harf, on &ldquo;Outnumbered,&rdquo; said moments like the hug are eclipsed by instances where Trump has made objectionable remarks, including about the military, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kayleigh-mcenany-gets-amazing-news-career-proclaiming-goodness-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McEnany<\/a> said she believes it is blatantly false that the former president disrespected veterans.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For every one of those compassionate moments, we have moments where President Trump calls military veterans who have died in the line of duty or gotten injured &lsquo;suckers&rsquo; and &lsquo;losers,&rsquo; where he says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-spent-the-day-hearing-from-quite-a-few-old-college-classmates-tucker-says-wapo-looking-for-dirt-on-him\/\" title=\"\u2018We Spent The Day Hearing From Quite A Few Old College Classmates\u2019: Tucker Says WaPo Looking For Dirt On Him\">awful things<\/a> about people who have died for their country in service of their country, where he says terrible things about women in politics, sexist, awful misogynist things,&rdquo; Harf said. &ldquo;So I agree that that was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-congresswoman-gives-the-middle-finger-to-republicans-during-congressional-baseball-game\/\" title=\"Democratic Congresswoman Gives The Middle Finger To Republicans During Congressional Baseball Game\">nice moment<\/a>. For those of us who have worked with Secret Service, every time the president does something that is not planned, it is nerve-racking for them, especially after what President Trump has been through.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Atlantic&nbsp;published a story in September 2020 citing anonymous sources asserting Trump called off a 2018 visit to a French cemetery where American troops are buried, declaring that they were &ldquo;suckers&rdquo; and &ldquo;losers.&rdquo; However, the credibility of the story has been refuted, with former national security adviser John Bolton denying Trump uttered these words and saying the former president did not go to the cemetery for weather and security reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Marie] mentioned the &lsquo;suckers&rsquo; and &lsquo;losers&rsquo; alleged comments &hellip; I have never, in my entire time working around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-praised-showing-much-empathy-interviewer-revealed-addiction-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>, ever heard him disparage a member of the military, a fallen person who died for this country, ever,&rdquo; McEnany responded. &ldquo;And, in fact, I worked on the response to that story and collected dozens of people in the administration who had been there since day one who said that never happened. 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On the show &#8220;Outnumbered,&#8221; Harf acknowledged that while moments like Trump&#8217;s hug are positive, they are overshadowed by past remarks he has made about the military. However, McEnany strongly disagreed with Harf&#8217;s assertion, stating it is completely untrue that Trump disrespected veterans. Harf cited an article from The Atlantic published in September 2020 which alleged that Trump canceled a visit to a cemetery for American troops in France because he called them \u201csuckers\u201d and \u201closers.\u201d Yet this claim has been disputed; former national security adviser John Bolton stated that Trump never made those comments and attributed the cancellation to weather and security concerns. In response to Harf&#8217;s remarks about Trump&#8217;s alleged comments, McEnany said she had never heard him speak disparagingly about military members or fallen soldiers during her time working with him. 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