New White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is the youngest person to occupy the position at the age of 27, laid the law down to members of the media during her first press conference, stating that they will be held accountable if they opt to forego informing the American public of the truth and instead push lies and misinformation concerning the Trump administration and its policies. Man, it’s nice to have some fresh blood in charge, isn’t it?
During the briefing, the first of President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, on Tuesday, Leavitt promised the American people that she’s committed to “telling the truth from this podium every single day” and then issued a call for the reporters present at the event to do the same.
“I commit to speaking on behalf of the President of the United States, that is my job,” the press secretary went on to say, according to The Daily Wire. “And I will say, it’s very easy to speak truth from this podium when you have a president who is implementing policies that are wildly popular with the American people, and that’s exactly what this administration is doing.”
“It’s correcting the lies and the wrongs of the past four years, many of the lies that have been told to your faces in this very briefing room,” she continued. “I will not do that, but since you brought up truth … I would like to point out, while I vow to provide the truth from this podium, we ask that all of you in this room hold yourselves to that same standard.”
“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,” Leavitt then added. “We will call you out when we feel that your reporting is wrong or there is misinformation about this White House. So yes, I will hold myself to the truth and I expect everyone in this room to do the same.”
Much of the response to how Leavitt handled the media and the manner in which she answered their questions was positive. Many folks stated that she obliterated the leftist media right off the bat.
OutKick’s Clay Travis wrote on X, “Damn White House press secretary @karolineleavitt absolutely smoking left wing reporters already. Enjoy.” Actor James Woods labeled Leavitt “a rock star” and said “these next four years are going to be sublime. Never thought I would say this, but I’m going to miss seeing Jim Acosta being her piñata! Break out the popcorn.”
Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote, “@PressSec just took a blowtorch to the media in the Press Briefing Room!” Monica Crowley added, “@PressSec @karolineleavitt CRUSHED her first press briefing.”
Another account on the social media platform said, “@PressSec slams the fake news media for telling lies about President Trump and his family. Karoline Leavitt is absolutely crushing her first press conference.”
A different user stated, Press Secretary Leavitt just took a flame thrower to the fake news narrative and called media out for their years of lying about President Trump. Leavitt came ready to rock!”
I can’t wait to see more of Leavitt in action. No doubt the legacy media is shaking in their boots at having to deal with this lioness.