Kari Lake Gives McEnany Resounding Compliment on Dealing with Fake News: You Showed Us ‘How to Do It’

GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake paid Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany a high compliment Wednesday, saying the former White House press secretary showed the way of how to deal with a hostile news media.

McEnany introduced the segment by noting when she was working in former President Donald Trump’s White House that her press office’s phrase was “offense only.”

“We’re going to go on offense against a very liberal press” was her team’s mindset, McEnany recounted.

She loved and quoted Lake’s response from a Monday interview when the candidate was questioned whether she would agree to be Trump’s 2024 running mate.

“I’m going to be here not just four years, I’m going to be here eight years, and I’m going to be the fake news media’s worst nightmare for eight years. So they better get used to it,” Lake said.

“I’ve got to imagine you hear, on the campaign trail, from voters everywhere, ‘Good job, well done!'” McEnany told the Republican.

“I took a page out of your playbook,” Lake responded. “You really did show us how to do it, and turn the tables on these hypocrites in the fake news.”

“Thank you for showing us the way,” she added.

“I’m going to be here not just four years, I’m going to be here eight years, and I’m going to be the fake news media’s worst nightmare for eight years. So they better get used to it,” Lake said.”My dad was an offensive line coachman…a football coach, so always on offense, absolutely. We have nothing to be defensive about because we love this country. We have the common sense ideas to get through some of the problems we’re facing,” Lake said.

Having met and interviewed both McEnany and Lake, I believe they are cut from the same cloth.