Trump’s press secretary not secret child of JFK Jr.

Former President Donald Trump’s press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has been the subject of claims connecting her to Democratic President John Kennedy.

“We have the beloved Kayleigh McEnany who is believed to be one of four of JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette’s secret children that were had behind the scenes,” reads a Facebook post from earlier this year.

Kayleigh McEnany, former White House press secretary under President Donald Trump, is not the secret daughter of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy as a widely circulated Facebook post claimed.
– Associated Press File Photo

The post includes a photo of McEnany surrounded by photos of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, John Kennedy, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and John Kennedy Jr., labeled “Grandma,” “Grandpa,” “Mom” and “Dad.”

But Kennedy Jr. and Bessette-Kennedy had no children when they died in a plane crash in 1999, according to Reuters. And McEnany has shared recent photos of her parents on her social media accounts.

McEnany’s parents also attended her first news conference after she took over as press secretary. The May 1, 2020, event was documented in a Getty Images photo showing McEnany holding her daughter, who was 5 months old at the time, along with her parents and sister.

Pilots didn’t die from vaccine

An article making the rounds on social media last month said pilots who have received the COVID-19 vaccine “should not fly.”

The story pointed to two incidents in which American Airlines pilots, after receiving their second dose of the vaccine, purportedly died while in flight. In both cases, it was flights out of the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, and the article attributes the deaths to myocarditis. It also mentions at least 12 other pilots who had nonfatal reactions after receiving the vaccine.

But nothing in the article is accurate, according to The Associated Press. The story has been shared on social media thousands of times.

The claims are “all false,” American Airlines spokeswoman Whitney Zastrow told the AP.

The story originated in October on the RealRawNews site, whose disclaimer reads, “This website contains humor, parody, and satire.”

In rare cases, some young men and teenage boys have developed myocarditis after receiving the vaccine, but the cases have been mild and the recovery time has been short, the AP reported.