Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany recommended the Biden campaign avoid a “victory dance” should former President Donald Trump be found guilty in his hush money trial.
The jury is still deliberating whether or not to convict Trump on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records. This comes amid allegations that Trump paid hush money to multiple women in 2018 who claim they had an affair with him. Jurors heard from a list of witnesses including former Trump attorney Michael Cohen and porn star Stormy Daniels, who says she is among the women who received hush money payments from the former president.
“I think it is a very ill-conceived plan, however, for the Biden campaign to try to jump on this, to try to do a victory dance in the event of a guilty verdict,” McEnany said on Fox News’s America’s Newsroom Thursday. “The Biden directive that was initially sent out to the White House as it includes the campaign, even though they’re separate, Bidenworld stays away from the cases. I think that was a smart move. I would not touch this with a 10-foot pole, but they are touching it.”
McEnany suggested typical voters are not interested in this trial, instead citing a poll that had inflation as their top concern, followed by immigration and election integrity, with this criminal trial at the bottom of the list.
“If I’m Trump, let’s say there is a conviction, I would say, ‘Look, 12 people had their say on a Stormy Daniels payment. I want a discussion about your grocery bill payment, your mortgage payment, your gas payment,'” McEnany said. “Turn this on its head. Twelve people came to a verdict, but the real verdict will be decided by 200 million people, whatever the universe of voters is, on Nov. 5, 2024.”
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After serving as Trump’s press secretary, McEnany joined the cast of Fox News hosts. She is one of three hosts on Outnumbered.
The former president is campaigning against President Joe Biden for office. While he is facing 88 charges from prosecutors across the nation, this is likely the only criminal trial that could issue a verdict before the 2024 elections.