Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich Drags MAGA Fans Cheering Trump Press Pool Bombshell: ‘You’re Dead Wrong’

Tommy ChristopherFeb 26th, 2025, 11:14 am
 

Fox's Jacqui Heinrich Drags MAGA Fans Cheering Trump Press Pool Bombshell

Fox News senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich hit back at MAGA fans cheering on the Trump administration’s bombshell announcement they were seizing control of the White House press pool.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday that Trump would be seizing control of the rotation and deciding which outlets cover the president’s movements — an obligation historically reserved for the White House Correspondents Association.

The move drew widespread condemnation, including from Heinrich — on X/Twitter. Heinrich, a WHCA board member, wrote:

This move does not give the power back to the people – it gives power to the White House. The WHCA is democratically elected by the full-time White House press corps.

WHCA has determined pools for decades because only representatives FROM our outlets can determine resources all those outlets have – such as staffing – in order to get the President’s message out to the largest possible audience, no matter the day or hour.

Moreover – in every administration, WHCA has advocated to expand access to news events, beyond just the pool. Making an event ‘open press’ or ‘pool only’ is up to the White House. Oftentimes, administrations limit access to ‘pool only’ because of security or space constraints. WHCA’s job in that scenario is to ensure that the pool includes representation from each constituency (radio, tv, wires, print, stills, new media) to get the news out to the fullest possible extent. Our job is to advocate for the MOST access possible.

But Heinrich also pushed back at “dead wrong” MAGA fans who celebrated the move and schooled them on misinformatiom they were spreading. When one user wrote “The gatekeeping is over. Get over it,” Heinrich responded:

If you think MAGA benefits from this in the long term, you’re dead wrong. You would not have trusted the any Democratic admin to pick its own pool – but now that door is open. WHCA has never opposed the WH adding to the pool – but picking it is another story. Just wait til a Dem admin plays that same game. You’ll hate it.

Others tried to call Heinrich out or otherwise dunks on her, but she was ready for them:

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