Benny Johnson Begins Briefing by Asking Karoline Leavitt If Trump Will Give ‘Big Balls’ The Presidential Medal of Freedom

MAGA influencer and podcast host Benny Johnson joined the White House press briefing on Tuesday in the “new media seat” and kicked off the briefing by asking if President Donald Trump is considering giving DOGE employee “Big Balls’ a medal – after he was attacked on the streets of Washington, D.C.

“As always, we’ll start with our new media seat, who is our podcast host today, Benny Johnson. Benny, why don’t you kick us off, and thanks for being here,” Leavitt began.

“As a D.C. resident of 15 years, I’ve lived on Capitol Hill. I witnessed so many muggings and so much theft I lost track. I was carjacked. I have murders on my Ring camera and mass shootings. I witnessed a woman on my block get held up at gunpoint for $20. And my house was set ablaze in an arson with my infant child inside,” Johnson started, adding:

And so, to any reporter that says and lies that D.C. is a safe place to live and work, let me just say this: Thank you. Thank you for making this city safe, because no parent should have to go through what my family went through—having the fire department rip open their door to save their infant child. And so thank you for your work on securing this city.

My question to you is this: Nancy Pelosi has attacked the President for deploying the National Guard to the city, saying that it is to cover for his incompetence. Hillary Clinton has also attacked the president for securing the city of Washington, D.C., I’d like to get your response to Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton.

“Well, first of all, Benny, I’m so sorry that happened to you and your family. There have been, unfortunately, far too many victims of crime in this city. And I know the majority of residents in the District of Columbia agree with you. In fact, a new poll from the Washington Post—I was reading this morning—this was released in May of 2024. So it’s quite funny how many of you in the media agreed with what the President was saying yesterday. But now, once the president says it, many of you are disagreeing with him,” Leavitt replied, adding:

But this poll released by the Washington Post found that 65 percent of District residents think crime is an extremely serious or a very serious problem. And this was up from 56 percent last year. So the concern that you share with so many other residents in the District of Columbia is real. And that’s why this president is taking action to address it.

To get to the heart of your question, I think it’s despicable that Democrats cannot agree that we need more law and order in a city that has been ravaged by violence, crime, murders, property theft. This should be a winning issue for all Americans. I don’t understand. It’s just anything President Trump does, the Democrats want to disagree with. I think the President would love to work with Democrats on this issue to bring law and order to America’s cities, but unfortunately they have failed.

And that’s why he’s taken this historic action to federalize the National Guard. And as you’re seeing from last night’s numbers, we already have seen success. We are removing violent offenders. We are arresting criminals, and we are removing drugs and firearms off of the streets of the city to make it safer for all of its residents.

“Just a very quick follow-up to that: given the heroic actions of a member of this administration just a few blocks from this building, will the president consider giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to ‘Big Balls?’’ Johnson followed up.

“I haven’t spoken to him about that, but perhaps it’s something he would consider. I’ll ask him and get back to you,” replied Leavitt.

Edward “Big Balls” Coristine recently tried to intervene while a woman was being carjacked in DC, during which he was also beaten and bloodied by the assailants.

“A few days ago, a gang of about a dozen young men tried to assault a woman in her car at night in DC,” said Elon Musk of the incident, which further pushed Trump to deploy troops to the capital. “A @Doge team member saw what was happening, ran to defend her and was severely beaten to the point of concussion, but he saved her. It is time to federalize DC.”

Watch the clip above via Fox News.