WH Spox Karoline Leavitt Torches Dems and Media Over Trump Speech Reactions: ‘Most Shameful Moment in the History of Presidential Addresses’

 

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tore into Democrats and the media over their reactions to President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday.

At a Wednesday White House press briefing, Leavitt accused Democrats of being behind the “most shameful moment in the history of presidential addresses,” referring to Democratic lawmakers protesting Trump’s speech, including Rep. Al Green (D-TX) who was removed from the address after yelling at the president over issues like Medicaid.

Leavitt said:

“The behavior of Democrats last night was completely disgraceful and demonstrated how severely out of touch they are with the American public. It was the most shameful moment in the history of presidential addresses in that beautiful chamber. In what was supposed to be a unifying moment for our country, Democrat members of congress instead screamed at the president of the United States, who was just overwhelmingly reelected by their constituents, walked out of the chamber, and worst of all, they disrespected the American people. Democrats didn’t stand to keep men out of women’s sports. They couldn’t even clap for a girl who got her head smashed in by a man on a volleyball court. Democrats didn’t stand for an innocent and beautiful child who is surviving brain cancer. They opposed eliminating taxes on tips and Social Security. They didn’t stand in favor of cutting taxes for hard working Americans. They couldn’t even clap for two mothers whose daughters were killed by illegal aliens. One of the only things that could get Democrats off their feet last night was cheering for Ukraine. Not for America. Last night was a very clarifying moment for our country. The Democrats exposed themselves as the party of insanity and hate. The party that wants to put America last. They’ve allowed their Trump derangement syndrome to stop them from celebrating America and our people, and we will not allow them to forget that.”

The White House press secretary took her shaming beyond Democrats by singling out MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace and her coverage of Tuesday night’s events. Wallace faced backlash over her reaction to Trump making D.J. Daniel, a 13-year-old boy battling brain cancer, an “honorary agent” to help fulfill his dream of becoming a police officer.

“I hope he never has to defend the United States Capitol against Donald Trump’s supporters and if he does, I hope he isn’t one of the six who loses his life to suicide,” Wallace said, referring to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Leavitt argued the moment shows that the “mainstream media still doesn’t get it.”

“It’s sad and frankly pathetic that Democrats and liberals in the legacy media continue to allow their hatred for the president to override their love for our country,” Leavitt said.

The press secretary claimed Trump’s speech was not “divisive” despite the media painting it as such.

She said:

“And it’s not just the Democrat Party. The mainstream media still doesn’t get it. Last night, MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace disgustingly looped in a 13-year-old boy with brain cancer into an attack on the president over January 6th. And CNN’s first chyron out of the speech called it divisive. President Trump wasn’t divisive. The Democrats were. And CNN was proven wrong by their own viewers, 69% of whom in a post-speech poll said they had a positive reaction to the president’s speech. It’s sad, and frankly pathetic, that Democrats and liberals in the legacy media continue to allow their hatred for the president to override their love for our country. But nevertheless, the president will continue to unify this nation through policies that are grounded in common sense and that uplift all Americans.”

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Zachary Leeman covered pop culture and politics at outlets such as Breitbart, LifeZette, BizPac Review, HollywoodinToto, and others. He is the author of the novel Nigh. He joined Mediaite in 2022.