McEnany Tells Reporter To ‘Join Us’ At WH If They Want To Know About Trump’s Health Care Plan So Bad

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a press briefing at the White House on July 9, 2020. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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You want to know what President Donald Trump’s plan for “very good” health care is? Sorry, you’ll need to get hired at the White House for that kind of information.

During a White House press briefing on Wednesday, CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins asked White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany who was involved in the health care plan Trump touted without providing details during a town hall the night before.

McEnany told Collins that the plan was being formulated by “multiple stakeholders here at the White House who work on policies.”

The Trump official grew irritated when Collins pressed her on who exactly was working on it given that top health officials, including Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield, had testified earlier that day that they’d never heard of any new health care plan by the President.

“I’m not going give you readout of what our health care plan looks like and who’s working on it,” McEnany snapped. “If you want to know, come work here at the White House.”

“I just wanted to know who’s working on it,” the reporter replied.

McEnany said again that the people behind the plan were “stakeholders here in the White House.”

“And if you want more, come join us here,” the White House official repeated.

Watch McEnany below:

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  1. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    Slimy little bink thinks she’s slippery does she?

  2. I miss the days when Stephanie Grisham wasn’t doing her job.

  3. This is the “great” health care plan that Trump promised on the campaign trail in 2016, and which he boasted would be unveiled in ‘two weeks’ back in August.

    Shouldn’t this thing be complete by now?

  4. Noted.

  5. McEnany won’t say who is working on Trumpy’s health care plan for 1 reason and 1 reason only. NOBODY is working on it. Trumpy has been claiming he has a health care plan for the past 3+ years and nothing has been produced. All are fucking liars including McEnany.

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