New White House press secretary makes false claims in first briefing

Posted on AllSides May 3rd, 2020
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FACT CHECK

At the first official briefing by a White House press secretary in 417 days, Kayleigh McEnany promised journalists, "I will never lie to you."

McEnany proceeded to say a bunch of things that weren't true.

Whether they were deliberate lies or inadvertent false claims, we can't be certain; since it was her first time at the podium after being hired in April, we'll be generous in our choice of words. Regardless of her intentions, though, her comments were laden with inaccuracies.

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