Fox News correspondent Kayleigh McEnany accused President Biden’s campaign of “practicing a cheap fakery” after the White House responded to a series of edited videos that showed the president appearing confused and wandering off.
McEnany and the other co-hosts Fox News’ “Outnumbered” On Tuesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre discussed comments made about a video of Biden that has been circulating online in recent days. Jean-Pierre said: Washington Post report He described some of the videos as “cheap fakes.”
McEnany suggested the Biden campaign was spreading a “cheap fake.” three another Posts She posted from the Biden-Harris HQ account on social media platform X. She posted a clip of her comments on X, urging users to “check out all of the ways the Biden campaign has misquoted and misrepresented Trump.”
“These are cheap fakes. Karine Jean-Pierre, you want to talk about malice? Look in the mirror and march to Delaware. Speak to your campaign. You are the one making the cheap fakes,” she said, referring to posts from the Biden-Harris HQ account.
Jean-Pierre was responding to videos of Biden appearing during a visit to France earlier this month, in Italy last week and at a fundraiser on Saturday. He said on Monday that the videos showing the president looking confused were made with “bad intentions.”
“This election showed us everything we needed to know about how desperate the Republican Party is,” she said.
“Instead of talking about the president’s accomplishments in office — his legislative victories, what he’s accomplished for Americans across the country — we’re seeing these deepfakes and manipulated videos,” she continued, “and again, this is being done with bad intentions.”
New York Post Video shared Last week, a video was posted of Biden watching a skydiving demonstration with G7 leaders in Italy. In the video shared by the New York Post, Biden appears to walk away from the skydivers as they land. A community note below the post said the video had been cropped.
New York Post The paper also reported on Biden’s appearance at an event in Los Angeles over the weekend with the headline, “Biden appeared to freeze up, had to be escorted off stage by Obama at mega LA fundraiser.” The White House and aides to former President Obama pushed back against the portrayal of Biden.
The Hill has reached out to the White House and Biden’s campaign for comment.
