McEnany says Psaki should cry over aborted children not ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills

Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Tuesday night that the current occupant of the job, Jen Psaki, should sob over aborted children rather than kids targeted by GOP-backed ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills. 

‘Namely, if you wanna cry about one issue in this country right now, I think the press secretary should cry about the 62 million children that do not exist, that have been aborted because of Roe v. Wade, a heinous, heinous decision in this country that has exterminated about one-fifth of the United States’ population,’ the ex-Trump staffer told Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity.  

Psaki appeared on a podcast hosted by CNN alumna Jessica Yellin and started crying when the journalist asked her about Florida’s so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills and similar pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.  

White House press secretary Jen Psaki appeared on a podcast hosted by CNN alumna Jessica Yellin and started crying when the journalist asked her about Florida’s so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills and similar pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation

‘This is an issue that makes me completely crazy,’ Psaki told Yellin for an episode of Yellin’s News Not Noise podcast, which was released Tuesday.  

Yellin asked Psaki if she viewed anti-trans and anti-gay bills going through state legislatures as a ‘predictable backlash’ to the Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage or saw it as an ‘organized political attempt to create a wedge issue ahead of the midterms,’ similar to how gay marriage was ‘weaponized’ by Republicans during the 2004 presidential election.

‘Ding, ding, ding,’ Psaki said, indicating her support for the latter option. 

Psaki said she had to be careful about talking politics due to the ‘Hatch Act police that are waiting outside in the bushes somewhere.’ 

‘But what I will say is the political games and harsh and cruel attempts at laws that we’re seeing in some states like Florida, that is not a reflection of the country moving to oppose LGBTQ+ communities, that is not what we see in data, that is not factual and that is not where things stands,’ Psaki said. ‘This is a political wedge issue and an attempt to win a culture war.’   

‘And they’re doing that in a way that is harsh and cruel to a community of kids,’ the press secretary continued. 

‘Ahh I’m going to get emotional about this issue – because it’s horrible,’ she said, starting to audibly sob. ‘But it’s like kids who are bullied and all these leaders are taking steps to hurt them and hurt their lives and hurt their families.’    

‘And you look at some of these laws in these states and it’s going after parents who are in loving relationships who have kids. It’s completely outrageous,’ Psaki added. 

Psaki apologized for her outburst. 

‘Sorry, this is an issue that makes me completely crazy,’ she told Yellin. 

She repeated that it was a ‘political wedge issue’ not where the country stands on LGBTQ+ rights. 

Psaki suggested that the Florida bill, which bans public school teachers from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms in kindergarten through third grade, could penalize teachers for discussions as simple as students saying they had two moms or two dads. 

McEnany, who was former President Donald Trump’s final press secretary, said the bill prevented teachers from ‘forcing sexuality’ on kids. 

‘So if you wanna cry, don’t cry about forcing sexuality on kindergartners. This is sick,’ McEnany said on Hannity. ‘Cry about the 62 million children who can’t go to kindergarten.’ 

McEnany also blasted liberals saying, ‘The left has a sick obsession with our children.’ 

Those on the right who believe in the QAnon conspiracy theory think that the liberal elite are involved in a global child sex trafficking ring. 

‘When my daughter goes to school, I don’t want her learning about those things,’ the former Trump staffer said. 

Psaki argued the opposite, saying she hoped if a child expressed that they had two mothers or fathers, the teacher would simply say, ‘that’s wonderful.’ 

‘This is penalizing teachers and educators,’ Psaki said. ‘There are so many layers to this that are outrageous and I hope people continue to educate themselves on this because it is a bad side of politics is what I will say.’

‘And I will not cry again during this interview, I will promise you … this is an issue that makes me very crazy,’ Psaki added.