Mollie Hemingway Opens White House Press Briefing By Complaining About Media Coverage of Trump

Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway called out members of the media to their faces from the “new media seat” at Thursday’s White House press briefing.

Hemingway took the “new media” spot at Thursday’s briefing. The seat has been used by the White House to invite in new media voices, like podcasters and online MAGA influencers.

While asking about the administration’s handling of judges blocking pieces of President Donald Trump’s agenda, Hemingway called out the media during Trump’s first term for its coverage of supposed ties between the president and Russia.

Hemingway, who is also a Fox contributor, called out media members, including some in the room, for pushing the “Russia collusion hoax.”

“In the first Trump administration, there was an effort to stymie the agenda of Trump through the Russia collusion hoax perpetuated by many people in the media, including some people seated here or the media outlets they represent, and other Democrats as well. The second Trump administration, to reference what you said at the beginning, seems to be subject to an effort that stymies the agenda using rogue lower court judges,” she said.

Hemingway said the Supreme Court doesn’t seem “terribly interested” in reining in lower court judges.

“It also seems there’s not much of an actual coordinated effort from this White House to take and tackle this effort from judges, Democrats, and other people using these judges to stymie the agenda. Is there an actual effort by this White House to tackle this issue in a comprehensive way, and if so, what is it?” she asked.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt railed against “rogue judges” going after Trump’s tariff authority, his deportations, and ordering him to stop his elimination of federal DEI programs.

“These are just a few of the ridiculous orders that we have seen from lower district court judges every day, and we hope that the Supreme Court will weigh in and rein them in,” Leavitt.

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