Beanie-Clad Tim Pool Tees Up Karoline Leavitt to Bash Media in Softball Appearance at White House Briefing
Podcaster Tim Pool was invited to Tuesday’s White House briefing and used his time in the “new media” seat to bash the media for its portrayal of Kilmar Abgrego Garcia.
Abrego Garcia — the Salvadoran man who was taken from his home in Maryland to the maximum security prison CECOT in his home country — has been at the center of a national debate since his arrest. Opinions on his deportation have mostly fallen along party lines, with Democrats urging for his return to the U.S. and Republicans vowing to never bring him back. President Donald Trump’s administration admitted that he was deported in error, but Trump officials continue to stand by the decision with claims that Abrego Garcia is a member of the gang MS-13. At the time of writing, the truth of those allegations remained unclear, and Abrego Garcia’s legal representation denied it.
On Tuesday, Pool used the extraordinary access he was given to simply tee up White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to attack the media.
POOL: Many of the news organizations that are represented in this room have marched in lockstep on false narratives, such as the “very fine people” hoax, the Covington smear, and now what’s being called the “Maryland man” hoax, where an MS-13 gang member — adjudicated by two different judges, I believe — is just simply being referred to as a “Maryland man” over and over again. Now, in an effort from the White House to expand access to new companies, you’ve created this “new media” seat. So, I’m wondering if you can comment on following this expansion, you’ve had numerous outlets disparage the companies that you’ve had sit here, as well as the reporters. I’m wondering if you could comment on that unprofessional behavior as well as elaborate if there’s any plans to expand access to new companies.
LEAVITT: Sure. Well, we certainly welcome diverse viewpoints in this room — which is one of the reasons we have you in here — and there’s many new faces in this room in comparison to the previous administrations. We want to welcome all viewpoints into this room. We welcome unbiased journalists who really care about the truth and the facts and the accuracy; and you rightfully pointed out the “Maryland man” story, which I from this podium when The Atlantic published it, on that very first day I came to this podium and said, “This is wrong.” The press in this room have this story wrong, and we have seen more and more evidence come to the table that we have had all along. We were always right. The president was always on the right side of this issue to deport this illegal criminal from our community, and it is despicable to see the media continue to refer to this individual as someone who is just a peaceful man living his life in Maryland. This is, was, and always has been an illegal criminal, an MS-13 gang member, and a designated foreign terrorist; and the administration maintains our position to deport these individuals from our community. So, thank you for being here, Tim. It’s great to see you. Thank you.
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