White House press secretary joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss debate preparation and the Democratic fight against Trump's Supreme Court nominee.
This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
Now, between debate tomorrow,
Brian Ainsley and Steve
Ainsley, thank you Griff lets
bring in Kayleigh Mcenany good
morning.
I want to talk to you about
that.
What do you make of the timing?
The tax thing coming out a day
before the debate, and how is he
preparing for the debate
Kayleigh? We have seen this play
out before just before debates
inaccurate one at that.
This is the same playbook in
two thousand and sixteen and the same playbook that
the american people rejected and
will do so again.
The president is focused on the
issues and the american people
right now. Bringing back the
economy v shape recovery looks
like super v breaking through
barriers, as we aim to get a
vaccine by tend to have rate
fastest rate in history
thats. What the president is
focused on and the results tell
the story when you have
accomplishments to share
Brian, the president is vague on
what hours he put in and what he
was like.
Would you want to expand?
Have you been studying Joe Biden
and brought the angle to the
president?
Has the president focused on any
category, in particular from the
virus to his own record, to
race, the riots and the Supreme
Court? Have you been? Did you
break it up in categories and
approach it that way,
Kayleigh well, the president
went through a number of topics
during preparation yesterday,
as he has said vocally and
publicly his debate. What
happens each and every when hes
at the podium, taking questions
vicious questions at that
unfair questions from a media,
thats very bias and when he
guess on the plane and gaggles
on the way there and on the way
back, he takes more questions
than any president in history,
hes very transparent, unlike Joe
Biden, who has been hiding away
Steve? Well, we know from the
Democrats, who were very
effective in twenty eighteen, regaining the
majority in the house that, when
you run on simply Republicans
are going to take your health
care. If they win the Democrats
won, they are using the Samebook
with the president and the
presidents pick for the Supreme
Court, Amy Coney, Barrett
dont trust me just watch for
yourself.
President Trump sees chance
to fulfill explicit mission,
steal away. Aca from countless
families
what I am concerned about,
anyone that President Trump
would have appointed there to
undo the affordable care act
if she gets on the court,
its a virtual certainty that
over one hundred and fifty million Americans
health care will be hurt
dramatically.
Its very clear from her
writings, multiple writings, that
she will be the vote that takes
away health care from millions
of Americans
Steve. You have to figure. Joe
Biden is going to say that, and
we know that during the debate
prep, the president, according to
Axios, has been using flash
cards.
What are like, your three bullet
points on answering that that, if
shes in so many peoples, health
care is out
Kayleigh. Well, let me say this
first and disentangle the issue
one, the president, would fever,
ask his nominee to prejudge a
case, so he would never ask Amy,
Coney Barrett or any of his
nominees to look at a case and
tell him how they would come
down.
That aside, what I can say about
the president and health care is
his record says it all.
When you really dig into this-
and I understand the democrats-
may not be looking at the
presidents healthcare because
they want to deny this- is a
health care president. They
dont want to bring to light
what happened with Obamacare as
facts bear out that under
Obamacare from twenty thirteen to twenty seventeen
premiums were going up, drug
costs were going up.
President Trump comes in twenty. Seventeen
on premiums come down. Drug
costs come down for the first
time in fifty years, and you had
health care monopolies. These
exchanges, with one single
Obamacare plan
President Trump, bringing us
better more affordable health
care
Ainsley. I want to ask you about
writer of vanity fair.
That is what she tweeted out
talking about Amy Coney Barrett.
She said, I guess one of the
things I dont understand about
Amy Coney Barrett is how a
potential Supreme court justice
can also be a loving mom to seven
kids. Is this like Kardashians,
stuffing nannies in the closet
and pretending they have drawn
their own baths for their own
children?
Most of us work because we love
our job and we have to, and we
have to provide roof over our
heads of our children
Kayleigh. What a disgusting
attack on working moms all
across the country.
Yes, you can do both. You have a
career and be a mother.
I was with my 10 month old late
last night and I showed up in
the morning to work and theres
no better example of being a
work mom than Amy Coney Barrett,
who has seven kids, two of whom she
adopted and has brilliant
history of juries prudence at
Notre, Dame LAW School and on the
bench
thats an attack not just on Amy
Coney Barrett, its an attack of
working moms, suburban moms
across America,
Brian all, all of the mail in
ballots.
We dont know how its going to
come out.
It could be so close, it can be
kicked to the house.
This is what the speaker said to
House Democrats quote: the
constitution says that a
candidate must receive a
majority of state delegations to
win.
We must achieve that majority of
delegations or keep the
Republicans from doing so.
Its sad that we have to have to
plan this way, but its what we
must do to ensure the election
is not stolen.
Your reaction,
Kayleigh, yeah, thats,
ridiculous. Of course, Nancy
Pelosi wants to to play out.
She knows its. The only way she
can win by manipulating the
election with the mail in
ballots, because the presidents
records stand for itself and the
american people recognize it.
This is troubling when you find
seven ballots in a ditch that was
in Pennsylvania.
This is happening across the
country, and Democrats need to
get their act together in states
that are doing mass mail out
voting
its not acceptable way and
tenable way to the election.
Transcript generated on 2020-09-28.