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President Trump has been caught golfing during almost every critical moment of his time in office.
Even now, with American death numbers continuing to rise due to the virus, Trump flew to Virginia to play on one of his courses.
Now, Republican pundits are defending the President, but videos from Obama's presidency reveal their hypocrisy.
Kayleigh McEnany, the President's press secretary, has been one of his staunchest defenders as he takes golf trips.
But when President Obama was President and McEnany was a conservative cable news pundit, she had pretty specific feelings about golf trips.
In a newly resurfaced clip, she says:
"When we're in a state of mourning, you should take time off from the golf course."
You can watch the clip here:
WATCH: Kayleigh McEnany: Obama rushed off to golf after Daniel Pearl was beheaded. Pearl was killed in 2002. Obam… https://t.co/CeD7OE9jBf— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@Yashar Ali 🐘)1490676528.0
Even putting aside McEnany's obvious hypocrisy, she wasn't even factually accurate within the clip.
Daniel Pearl was killed in 2002, four years before Obama took office.
Meanwhile, at present day press conferences, McEnany continues to push falsehoods about President Obama.
OANN reporter- I have a question. Obama... Kayleigh McEnany- FUNNY YOU ASK BECAUSE I HAVE SLIDES TO ANSWER THIS AB… https://t.co/PlO8eHIcRJ— Tony Posnanski (@Tony Posnanski)1590173034.0
CNN did the right thing by cutting away as Kayleigh McEnany tried to turn the press briefing into a conspiracy theo… https://t.co/6ETDpkNIbE— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!)1590172848.0
And as Trump's press secretary continues to defend him and Americans suffer, he plays golf.
@travisakers Vote for Biden so Trump can golf https://t.co/BJOKsKJptS— Alex Cole (@Alex Cole)1590328183.0
@travisakers So she pretty much verifies that’s trump’s not mourning the deaths of nearly 100,000 Americans. Since he’s golfing.— Jane Ciener (@Jane Ciener)1590281911.0
McEnany has never been above spewing falsehoods.
@travisakers They always try to get away with this lie. How embarrassing and insulting to David Pearl’s family.— Kristine Penniall (@Kristine Penniall)1590281189.0
@travisakers @peri_gisele Weird since she’s not all racist or anything https://t.co/oSS0gPpEzm— Erik Halvorsen (@Erik Halvorsen)1590288253.0
@travisakers When WW2 was ongoing and Americans were dying, President Obama was nowhere to be seen. He said nothing… https://t.co/FSgO92YtEu— Winnie (@Winnie)1590286173.0
McEnany sure isn't making any friends on Twitter, where going back on previous statements is a cardinal sin.
@travisakers She is aggressively awful.— Coretta (@Coretta)1590286559.0
@travisakers https://t.co/RT8cbnhAq8— 🚨⭐️UCALLWEHAUL⭐️🚑 (@🚨⭐️UCALLWEHAUL⭐️🚑)1590296645.0
@travisakers trumps inadequacies as president has a strange side effect...it makes everyone around him lose their m… https://t.co/JINaSzN7hG— Dianne D🚴🦋 (@Dianne D🚴🦋)1590280371.0
Other clips also surfaced showing McEnany attacking President Obama for doing some of the same things Trump is doing.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was a frequent critic of Obama golfing during crisis when she was a CN… https://t.co/9bCHtChH6h— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@andrew kaczynski🤔)1590338383.0
Ultimately, the golfing isn't a big problem aside from the funds going into Trump's pockets.
Lying, however, most certainly is.
@HuffPost I don’t have a problem with Trump golfing. I didn’t have a problem with Obama golfing. The office is very… https://t.co/5zwmy1bIxh— Sam Acquista (@Sam Acquista)1590366407.0
@realTuckFrumper https://t.co/QIewMaw7hQ— Lisa Kessler (@Lisa Kessler)1590350225.0
Perhaps McEnany should start reviewing her own past statements before she issues new ones.