White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made her career debut in the White House press room Tuesday, and she killed it.
At one point during the briefing, Leavitt shut down two different reporters who pressed her back-to-back on the Trump Administration’s deportation of illegal aliens who had not been convicted of a crime inside of our borders despite crossing the border illegally.
It was reminiscent of Kayleigh McEnany–maybe even better.
Several conservative news outlets were represented in the room today, including The Gateway Pundit, One America News Network, Real America’s Voice, and Breitbart. Leavitt announced in her opening statement that “the Trump White House will speak to all media outlets and personalities, not just the legacy media that’s in this room.”
“This White House believes strongly in the First Amendment,” Leavitt said.
Leavitt: Before I take your questions, I would like to point out [that] all of you, once again, have access to the most transparent and accessible president in American history.
There has never been a president who communicates with the American people and the American press corps as openly and authentically as the 45th and now 47th President of the United States.
This past week, President Trump