In recent years, we’ve seen some good White House Press secretaries, and we’ve seen some bad ones. The previous administration had two in that position, and they went from bad to awful. Most administrations go through at least a couple; it’s a stressful job.
But in Karoline Leavitt, the Trump administration has picked a star.
In her latest display of “be careful what you ask for,” Leavitt responded to a reporter’s request for evidence of all the wasteful spending the DOGE was identifying and deleting, and she laid out all the receipts – with line item breakdowns.
🚨 WOW. Reporter presses Karoline Leavitt for "proof" of these ridiculous contracts DOGE is terminating… and she literally pulls out the pieces of paper and rattles off each one.
LEAVITT: This is a real fallacy that there is a 'lack of transparency' in DOGE. Musk and Trump… pic.twitter.com/XKWC23XfFk
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 12, 2025
The reporter asks:
We’re just wondering if there’s proof, evidence the White House is willing to share evidence of those contracts, or could Elon Musk come to the briefing room and share material evidence of what he’s talking about?
With a broad smile, Karoline Leavitt cheerfully and politely slam-dunked that question into the adjacent time zone. […]
— Read More: redstate.com
