‘It’s Not Working’: Kayleigh McEnany Fires Back At Former Dem Rep Who Claims Trump ‘Demonized Brown And Black People’

Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany on Friday pushed back against former Democratic Pennsylvania Rep. Patrick Murphy’s claim that former President Donald Trump “demonized brown and black people,” calling it untrue and ineffective.

Trump on Thursday delivered nearly 30 minutes of live remarks at the Al Smith charity dinner, including many jokes. Murphy, on “Outnumbered,” argued “there’s something like a little amiss” about attendees enjoying Trump’s comedy given his allegedly demeaning of minorities, but McEnany rejected the characterization, noting he is polling well with nonwhite voters.

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“I will say, they’re laughing and yuking it up, right? At the same time, that’s the president that demonized brown and black people,” Murphy said. “He’s the one that separated families.”

“No, he has not demonized black and brown people,” McEnany retorted.

Murphy stammered before alleging Trump “demonized 20,000 Haitian-American legal immigrants in Ohio.”

“I am having a flashback to 2016 when the left tried to use the racism playbook. And news flash, it’s not working. All of the headlines talk about black men increasingly supportive of Trump … Latino men coming towards Trump and it giving jitters to the [Vice President] Kamala Harris campaign in Pennsylvania,” McEnany said. “So with all due respect, I think that talking point should be in the dustbin of history because it’s not working this cycle.”

Trump currently has support from 15% of black voters, compared to just 9% in 2020 according to a Saturday New York Times/Siena College poll. He also has 37% support from Hispanic voters, according to the poll.

Moreover, Harris only leads Trump by 55% among black voters under the age of 60, compared to a 71% margin for President Joe Biden in 2020, according to a September CNN poll.

Trump is now leading Harris in all of the top seven battleground states according to the RealClearPolling averages. The former president is ahead of the vice president by 11 points among male voters, while Harris is leading by 15 points among female voters, according to an Oct. 8 NYT/Siena poll.

Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews and MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski on Friday also appeared to take issue with Al Smith dinner attendees enjoying Trump’s humor, but they focused on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot rather than the former president’s alleged racism.