New York City Anchor Accidently Says White House Press Secretary Tested Positive for Cocaine, Not Covid

By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel 

NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan slipped on-air Monday and said White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany had tested positive for cocaine—but she actually had Covid-19.

“Another member of Donald Trump’s inner circle testing positive for cocaine,” Kiernan said during the broadcast.

He quickly corrected himself on the air and later on Twitter to a viewer who called him out for the error:

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McEnany was just one of several people in President Trump’s inner circle who has tested positive for the coronavirus in the last week—along with Trump himself.

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