White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany declared Monday that President Donald Trump does not have an opinion on the Confederate flag.
Just hours earlier, Trump tweeted to bemoan the flag’s lack at NASCAR events, stating the business’s choice to ban the flag was accountable for the sport’s “most affordable scores ever.” (Fox Sports executive Michael Mulvihill has actually said NASCAR viewership is really up 8%since its return on Might 17.)
Asked repeatedly to discuss why the president wouldn’t condemn the flag, a symbol of slavery and white supremacy, McEnany rather deflected and stated Trump’s tweet was being mischaracterized
In one particularly illuminating exchange, Bloomberg press reporter Mario Parker asked why Trump had not applauded NASCAR for banning the flag, offered “what it represents in regards to treasonous acts and insurrection versus the Republic.”
McEnany reacted by criticizing the renewed national motion to remove Confederate monoliths, then– when pressed again to attend to the flag particularly– stated the president had absolutely nothing to state about the issue.
” He’s not offered an opinion one method or the other on that,” she stated. “I simply spoke with him this