McEnany rips Biden's 'Neanderthal' remark on 'Fox & Friends,' compares it to Hillary's 'deplorables' insult

Fox News analyst and former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany slammed President Biden’s recent swipe at Republican governors, likening them to "Neanderthals" after several states, including Texas and Mississippi, reversed their coronavirus mask mandates.

On "Fox & Friends" McEnany drew comparisons between Biden’s statement and comments made by former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on the 2016 campaign trail, in which she insinuated that some Donald Trump supporters were in a "basket of deplorables."

McEnany referenced GOP strategist Rick Wilson’s comments calling Trump supporters "credulous boomer" rubes on CNN, as well as Clinton’s statement as evidence that Democrats use divisive rhetoric to describe conservatives.

"Simply giving freedoms causes Joe Biden - the great uniter - to call us Neanderthals among other words that his predecessor Hillary Clinton did as well," McEnany said.

This is far from the first time that media outlets and political figures have used incendiary language to describe Republicans and conservatives.

In her now-infamous speech in 2016, Hillary Clinton said this about Trump supporters.

"You could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables," she said. "Right? They’re racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic – Islamophobic – you name it."

After apologizing for her comments, Clinton, during a trip to Mumbai, India, doubled down on her categorization of Trump’s followers, calling them people who "d... (Read more)

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