White House Makes False Claim of Amy Barrett As ‘Rhodes Scholar’

Barrett attended Rhodes College, a private liberal arts school in Memphis, Tennessee.

The White House press secretary was called out on Thursday for making a false claim that Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's nominee for the vacant US Supreme Court seat, was 'a Rhodes Scholar'.

Rhodes Scholars are international students who receive a scholarship to pursue a degree at the University of Oxford.

Kayleigh McEnany says in briefing that Amy Coney Barrett is a "Rhodes scholar."

Barrett did not receive a Rhodes Scholarship, but rather received a bachelor's degree from Rhodes College in Memphis.

When reporter points that out, McEnany says, "My bad" https://t.co/Nj065CIsxp pic.twitter.com/YpIFz4W1PA

— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 1, 2020

A similar mistake, or false claim, was made by Fox News, an arguably right-wing news organisation in the US.

Barrett, in fact, attended Rhodes College, a private liberal arts school in Memphis, Tennessee.

She did, however, excel academically in the schools she attended. "She is a magna cum laude graduate of Rhodes College in Tennessee and a summa cum laude graduate of Notre Dame Law School, where she graduated first in her class", notes a White House statement.