White House press secretary predicts Trump will lead the GOP 'for many decades to come'


White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany sees some big things in President Trump's future.
Acting as Trump's campaign spokesperson in a Thursday Fox & Friends appearance, perhaps in violation of the Hatch Act, McEnany wouldn't answer questions about whether President-elect Joe Biden will start receiving intelligence briefings anytime soon. "That would be a question more for the White House," McEnany said, despite the fact that she's the top spokesperson for the White House as well.
McEnany then made an authoritarian-esque prediction for future ex-president Trump, tacitly acknowledging, as the president himself hasn't, that Biden ousted him. Because 72 million people voted for Trump and "love him and want to show up and support," it's clear Trump "will be the titular head of our party for many decades to come," McEnany said. Kathryn Krawczyk
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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