White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany hit back against the New York Times’s Maggie Haberman, who said it is “rare” for women in high-stress jobs to discuss being mothers.
“Putting aside everything else, it is rare to hear a woman speaking unapologetically and unselfconsciously about life having kids and an intense job. The kind of thing men aren’t often asked to think twice about but women are always expected to,” Haberman tweeted, accompanied by a link to a Glamour article regarding Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon and author Glennon Doyle and their family lives.
McEnany responded with a photo of herself and her young daughter Blake in the White House. She also pinned the tweet to her Twitter feed.
https://t.co/9lweQruM9a pic.twitter.com/XkTRdu9aJy
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) December 16, 2020
A source familiar with the situation told the Washington Examiner that Haberman hasn’t reached out to McEnany in five months, with one exception, because the White House press secretary refuses to work as an anonymous source for the New York Times reporter.
Others also slammed the tweet, showing various examples of women within the Trump administration and others who openly balance motherhood with a high-stress job. Some also said Haberman’s tweet is an example of a “double standard” within the liberal media.
“You must have missed the Trump White House where @SarahHuckabee @KellyannePolls @IvankaTrump @kayleighmcenany among other incredible women worked tirelessly for our great nation while raising children. The double standard from the liberal media is appalling,” former White House Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp tweeted.
You must have missed the Trump White House where @SarahHuckabee @KellyannePolls @IvankaTrump @kayleighmcenany among other incredible women worked tirelessly for our great nation while raising children. The double standard from the liberal media is appalling. https://t.co/xIsdEsljq6
— Mercedes Schlapp (@mercedesschlapp) December 16, 2020
“Rare”?? Not for the Trump Administration. https://t.co/WNMFaOmL5y pic.twitter.com/rywbNIoCjz
— Abigail Marone (@abigailmarone) December 16, 2020
Haaaaaave you met Amy Coney Barrett? https://t.co/62kpFldpiU
— Kevin McMahon (@KevinMcMahonYAF) December 16, 2020
https://t.co/I1BckZYqSX pic.twitter.com/jEVzXsIpjj
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 16, 2020
