White House Press Secretary Lashes Out At Reporter As “Left-Wing Hack” Over ICE Question, Chides CNN Over Factual Chyron
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called journalist Niall Stanage a 'left-wing hack' amid scrutiny over ICE's conduct after 32 detainee deaths in 2025, a CNN poll showed 56% disapprove of ICE's force.
- Journalist Niall Stanage questioned White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about reports of 32 detainee deaths in ICE custody in 2025 and the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
- Leavitt accused Stanage of being a 'left-wing hack' posing as a journalist due to the premise of his question.
- A clip of the exchange between Stanage and Leavitt shared by the White House's Rapid Response account garnered over 1.5 million views on X .
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Inside the White House’s New Press Reality
Politics Inside the White House’s New Press Reality In Leavitt’s briefing room, loyalty and flattery often outweigh tough questions. Riley Gaines had just debuted as a spokesperson for the Department of Agriculture’s new milk-mustache ad campaign when she made her first appearance in the White House press briefing room Thursday afternoon. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was overjoyed to see the former collegiate swimmer–turned–conservative com…
Karoline Leavitt Skewers Reporter For Awful Comments About ICE - The American Tribune.com
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pulled absolutely no punches when sounding off on a reporter’s characterization of what Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has done as “reckless”, a comment with which Leavitt took a great degree of issue and which she used to skewer the reporter as a left-wing hack. For reference, the reporter involved was Niall Stanage, a White House columnist for The Hill. Stanage’s question was provoked by …
'STFU': Karoline Leavitt Spazzes Out, Tries to Humiliate a Reporter, Then Whines as Trump Got Hit with the Same Energy He Gives Everyone Else
In an ironic twist, and two days after President Donald Trump flipped off an autoworker in Detroit and told him to “f-ck off” twice, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt complained about protesters giving ICE agents the middle finger and writing “F off” on their cars. Leavitt stood at the podium in the White House press room on Thursday, Jan. 15, showing photos of demonstrators giving Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents the bird a…
'Gaslighting 101': Netizens react as Karoline Leavitt loses cool and calls journalist a ‘leftist hack’ over Renee Good question
Trending News: A White House press briefing spiralled into a heated exchange when Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt angrily confronted an Irish reporter who questione.
White House press secretary attacks Northern Irish journalist
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, angrily attacked a Northern Irish journalist. She accused him of being a “left-wing activist” earlier this week — after calling out the actions of ICE agents. Leavitt went for Niall Stanage, who is an associate editor of The Hill. She lashed out after he questioned the motives of ICE agent Jonathan David Ross. He shot and killed Renee Good on January 7 in Minneapolis. Since the murder, instead o…
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