Kayleigh McEnany: ‘Under President Trump we’re seeing decreases in crime’

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McEnany made the comments amid growing calls to weaken law enforcement in the wake of the death of George Floyd while in police custody.
Days after Floyd's death, Black Lives Matter announced a “call for a national defunding of police” — and notable Democratic voices, as well as celebrities, have echoed the sentiment.
Republican attorneys general across the country are pushing back on calls to defund law enforcement agencies in the wake of the protests over police brutality and racial injustice, arguing that cutting budgets to police departments would be “extremely dangerous and reckless.”
“That's exactly right,” McEnany said in response.
“Under President Trump, we're seeing decreases in crime, but under blue state governors and blue state mayors, we're seeing the exact opposite with this proposal,” she added.
And Kayleigh McEnany was asked about Trump’s tweet yesterday regarding an older Buffalo protester who was shoved by police last week and fell to the ground. Here’s what Trump tweeted:

As he indicated, Trump got this report from OANN. More on that in a minute.
Below is how McEnany defended the tweet:
I appreciate that McEnany didn’t back down or try and evade the question. She gave a full-throated defense of the tweet, which is her job. I just wish Trump wouldn’t put her in these situations.
Below is the report from OANN that Trump apparently saw as the basis for his tweet:
In this OANN report the reporter, who also works for Sputnik, based his reporting on a blog that I won’t name here, but one for which I have no respect, especially after the way their owner attacked Mark Levin back in the 2016 primary for supporting Ted Cruz using anti-Semitic language.
The blog claimed, reportedly without any evidence, that the 75-year-old man was an Antifa provocateur and “was attempting to capture the radio communications signature of Buffalo police officers”. This is the video:
The man who is shoved is simply holding a cellphone, which is certainly not uncommon. I don’t see any evidence that he was using it or another device to capture radio signals. But apparently this was good enough for the OANN reporter to run with, which OANN aired and Trump has now thrust into the spotlight with his tweet yesterday.
Also, the man’s fall looked legitimate to me. He was bleeding from his head. I don’t know why Trump sees a conspiracy here, which leads me to my next point and biggest concern.
Does Trump not realize this is an election year? Does he not realize that he has to win independents in order to win the election? Does he not realize that with every conspiracy theory tweet about Joe Scarborough or this Buffalo protester, that he's making it harder for independents who are on the fence to vote for him? I honestly do not know what he's thinking and I wish he would cut it the heck out. I want him to win in November, not lose because his conspiracy tweeting scared independents away.
Regarding OANN, who aired this report, I simply don’t know what to think about them these days. Years ago when I first heard about them, I was excited to see a new conservative news media organization. But this report just makes me wonder what exactly they are thinking. And it’s not just this report, it’s also this dumb question from OANN’s White House reporter a few weeks ago, supporting Trump’s Scarborough conspiracy tweets:
The DC Examiner reported yesterday that because of Trump’s tweet highlighting the conspiracy about the Buffalo protester, serious news people at OANN are freaking out:
The ensuing backlash over what is widely being billed as a conspiracy theory has permeated the OANN newsroom.
“Several people in the newsroom spoke out about the story,” one employee, who was granted anonymity for fear of retribution, told the Washington Examiner.
Another source who was given anonymity told the Washington Examiner that they “do not personally believe Gugino has ties to antifa.”
“I’m seeing how much response this is all getting on Twitter right now, and it’s freaking awful. This feels awful. My coworkers and I do so much work, and one writer, one conspiracy story throws all of that out of the window, and it damages all of us who actually see a future beyond OAN. I’m worried the next news director I send my reel out to will only see ‘OAN’ on my resume and throw it in the trash. How is that fair when all I’ve done is credible reporting during my time here? A lot of my coworkers feel the same,” the source added, noting that a “large majority” of the newsroom felt the same.
I can’t blame them for freaking out. I’ve seen some good reporting come from OANN and I hate to see their reputation tarnished by this, but I don’t know why they chose to run this report. It might have gone unnoticed, by now that Trump has pushed it into the forefront, everyone knows about it.

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