Americans got their first glimpse of President Donald Trump’s White House press secretary this week, and the reviews for Karoline Leavitt’s performance were largely positive.
A number of Democrats on Capitol Hill, however, were clearly not excited to have such a capable spokesperson making the case for Trump’s second-term agenda.
For first-term U.S. Rep. Dave Min (D-CA), that displeasure came out in the form of a verbal attack on Leavitt’s personal faith:
"Thou shalt not bear false witness…"@PressSec Karoline Leavitt is a Fake Christian, like so many in this Golden Calf administration. https://t.co/LGs2Rev6lO
— Dave Min (@DaveMinCA) January 29, 2025
The social media post above was not Min’s only potshot at Leavitt, as Fox News reported:
Earlier, the California Democrat criticized Leavitt’s comments at a White House press briefing in which she said, “DOGE and OMB also found that there was about to be 50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza. That is a preposterous waste of taxpayer dollars.”
Min mocked the senior Trump aide, claiming she was making those remarks “while wearing a giant cross to let everyone know how pious and moral she is, even as she is so comfortable stating a bald-faced lie to hundreds of millions of people.”
He told Fox News Digital in request for further comment, “As a person of faith, I find it appalling that this administration uses religion to advance an agenda while lying through their teeth about what they are doing – allowing children to go to bed hungry, depriving veterans of their earned healthcare, and slashing funding for the police and first responders.”
Here’s a sampling of some more positive responses to her first day at the White House podium.
She knocked it out of the park
— Hausmeister (@witebred1) January 28, 2025
Karoline Levitt is going to be an OUTSTANDING Press Secretary! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/IX40AjWgdG
— James Pleickhardt (@JamesPleickhar2) January 29, 2025
OMG Watch Karoline Levitt shit Cans libs to their faces pic.twitter.com/fbx2dCdKkt
— MAGA Elvis 🇺🇸 (@BenStanton77) January 28, 2025
Of course, Leavitt is no stranger to putting leftist media personalities in their place:
Watch as Karoline Levitt, spokesperson for the Trump Campaign cooks the fake news ABC anchor!
When they lie, hit them so hard with facts they start stuttering!!
She understand the assignment!!! pic.twitter.com/n8FbPqijR4— Summer D (@Daisysummer05) November 1, 2024
Axios provided a rundown of Leavitt’s previous experience and qualifications:
Zoom in: Leavitt is 27 and was previously assistant press secretary during Trump’s first White House term.
- She ran for Congress in New Hampshire in 2022 but lost to a Democratic incumbent.
Between the lines: Previously, the youngest press secretary was Ronald Ziegler, who was 29 when he took the position in 1969 in Richard Nixon’s administration, per CBS News.
And just for fun, here’s another clip of Leavitt making quick work of a mainstream media talking head:
Karoline Levitt fact checks the fake news about Trump and FEMA. pic.twitter.com/8PEocxOVuE
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) October 9, 2024
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