Video clips of Karoline Leavitt correcting hostile reporters in her first media event as White House press secretary Tuesday are flooding social media.
Elon Musk, who heads the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), posted video of a reporter challenging Leavitt about President Donald Trump’s government spending pause.
When the reporter suggested that crucial spending was being halted, Leavitt noted that, during the pause, DOGE and OMB discovered “a preposterous waste of taxpayer money”:
“DOGE and OMB also found that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza.”
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2025
In one video clip, Leavitt provides examples of the types of illegal aliens the Trump Administration has been deporting.
Are these Selena Gomez’s ‘people’ ? pic.twitter.com/t2R6Ds2Ocv
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) January 28, 2025
When a reporter tried to blame the week-old Trump Administration for the high cost of eggs, Leavitt hit back with facts.
Karoline Leavitt: "I would like to point out to each and every one of you that in 2024, when Joe Biden was in the Oval Office—or upstairs in the residence sleeping, I'm not so sure—egg prices increased 65% in this country." pic.twitter.com/x6d33xulkB
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) January 28, 2025
Likewise, when a reporter challenged the administration’s response to the L.A. fires, Press Sec. Leavitt contrasted Trump’s response to that of local officials:
“The local officials there clearly lack all common sense. And I will never forget being at that roundtable with the president last week and hearing the frustration in the voices of Pacific Palisades residents who feel as though their government has gone insane.
“Before President Trump showed up on the scene, (L.A. Mayor) Karen Bass was telling private property owners that they would have to wait 18 months to access their private property,” Leavitt explained. The Trump Administration “will continue to put pressure on Karen Bass and state and local officials to allow residents to access their private property.”
“It’s the United States of America: what happened to our freedom clearly is gone in California, but not anymore under President Trump,” the press secretary vowed.
LEAVITT SCORCHES CALIFORNIA: The local officials there clearly lack all common sense. I'll never forget Trump's roundtable last week, hearing the frustration of Palisades residents. They feel their government went insane. Before Trump got there, LA Mayor Karen Bass told them… pic.twitter.com/Um8Njvz7hy
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 28, 2025
Press Sec. Leavitt had warned reporters at the event that, if they continued to lie and spread misinformation about Trump, she would call them out.
BOOM: Karoline Leavitt just CALLED OUT liberal media liars TO THEIR FACES:
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 28, 2025
"We know for a fact there have been lies that have been pushed by many legacy media outlets in this country about this president, about his family, and we WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT. We will call you out when… pic.twitter.com/Z8MGqyPfmr