White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt calls journalist vile name in rant

Karoline Leavitt, the youngest White House press secretary in history, didn't mince words when expressing her views on journalists, despite interacting with them daily.

During an appearance on the Ruthless podcast, she discussed her initial months in the White House, where she has frequently addressed issues ranging from Canadian goods tariffs to Elon Musk's involvement in the Trump administration.

Her tenure has been marked by criticism from journalists after the Trump administration announced it would determine which reporters could cover the White House, a decision traditionally made by the White House Correspondents' Association. Leavitt and the podcast hosts humorously discussed how she and White House communications director Steven Cheung handle emails from journalists, which she described as her "favorite thing."

She recounted, "They email: 'Karoline, ethical experts, yes... We write back which experts? And then they send the names, and we Google them, and they're like Democrat donors funded by George Soros."

She went on to dismiss these interactions, saying, "So you're like, we copy and paste their Wikipedia like 'these experts, a--hole?' This is not a real story. These are not real stories."

Leavitt criticized the use of terms such as "experts" and "advocates" calling them the "tell of any liberal reporter.", reports the Irish Star.

Given her past confrontations with journalists, her disdain for them isn't surprising.

In fact, she recently reprimanded a reporter for "making a face" during an uncomfortable press conference.

"To the woman in the purple cause I saw you were making a face at my previous answer," Leavitt called out, prompting a surprised reporter to react with, "Oh did I?"

The exchange spun from a query regarding pro-Palestinian demonstrations on university grounds, advocating for an end to the conflict in Gaza—an aspiration seemingly aligned with the administration's objectives. Yet, these protests, according to the question, seem to escape recognition or emphasis.

In reply, Leavitt declared the pamphlets dispersed during these rallies as nothing but Hamas propaganda, alleging that the material "promoted violence."