Karoline Leavitt: "I saw the comments of Ms. Psaki and frankly I think ..."

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Karoline Leavitt: "I saw the comments of Ms. Psaki and frankly I think they're incredibly insensitive and disrespectful to the tens of millions of Americans of faith across this country who believe in the power of prayer, who believe that prayer works."

August 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM

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Karoline Leavitt: "I saw the comments of Ms. Psaki and frankly I think they're incredibly insensitive and disrespectful to the tens of millions of Americans of faith across this country who believe in the power of prayer, who believe that prayer works."

August 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM

Karoline Leavitt: "I saw the comments of Ms. Psaki and frankly I think they're incredibly insensitive and disrespectful to the tens of millions of Americans of faith across this country who believe in the power of prayer, who believe that prayer works."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-08-28T17:32:38.778Z

[Chasstev365]

1. GO FUCK YOURSELF LEAVITT!

[Faux pas]

48. Lol better yet,

she should go fuck the hump

[SWBTATTReg]

2. She gets dumber and dumber. A perfect choice for tRUMP and his idiot thugs whose biggest accomplishment

was writing their name on a blank piece of paper.

[popsdenver]

43. Maybe

her "silicone sisters" are leaking and traveling to her brain............(seems like a pre-requisite for all the women who surround Trump....seriously)

[Skittles]

3. prayers don't stop gun carnage, do they, KAROLINE

but of course she knows that......but prayer makes people feel better about not doing ANYTHING that might actually help to change things, so they do serve that "purpose"

[haele]

13. I just read some of the comments Ms. Levitt made about Christians and Prayer...

And as someone who actually has read the KJV, the Vulgate, and the Apocrypha (along with the Koran and the Talmud), and actually listened in Sunday School, I think she's highly insulting to Jesus, his Disciples, and blasphemes against her own God on a regular basis.
The only conclusions I can come to when trading the words she says and watching what she actually does is:
1. She defines prayer as wishful thinking, and practices manipulation, cheating and lying to get what she wants.
2. She sees her religion -and claims of coincidental "God's Will" - as a useful tool to pull one over confused or frightened people. By claiming to understand God's coincidences, she can get a lot of people to give her what she wants.
3. Like most Evangelicals and populist religious commentator/"leaders", she's an extremely blasphemous liar who obviously doesn't believe her God exists, or she wouldn't be so proficient in prolifically grifting off her God's devout believers.

[Hekate]

17. I say Amen, and Amen again

[allegorical oracle]

53. It's a toss-up as to whether patriotism or religion is the last refuge of

scoundrels. Like her boss, Leavitt covers both bases.

[Trueblue Texan]

25. Maybe, the God she prays to is as incompetent...

...as the president she worships?

[erronis]

27. Or that vengeful god is quite competent. It just ain't my god (if I actually wanted one.)

[Hekate]

32. 21st century American Christian Evangelicals finally drove me to polytheism. Their god is a mean, nasty, god...

…that apparently requires blood sacrifices on a routine basis. Nothing like Jesus — a lot more like Moloch.

[mucholderthandirt]

50. I went atheist, then pagan, now I'm back to being an atheist. I believe in science, if anything.

[maxsolomon]

4. No idea what Psaki said.

But the Christian Persecution narrative is exhausting.

[Hekate]

16. Jen Psaki apparently wept actual tears, like a human with a broken heart 💔

[maxsolomon]

20. did she say that tots and pears does nothing to stop mass murders?

because

[Hekate]

30. I didn't see it for myself-- only read about it here, so I don't know

One thing about the Evangelicals is that they never learned that “Faith without works is dead” Thoughts & Prayers is a mockery unless they want to pass some gun control legislation.

These little ones were in a Catholic school attending Mass on the first day of classes. They were indeed praying.

[Swede]

56. Here's the clip of Psaki.

Psaki: I felt a mixture of anger—a lot of anger—and emotional exhaustion about this today, as I’m sure many of you have, because we have been here so many times.

And yet again, like clockwork, half the politicians in our country have little more to offer than thoughts and prayers.

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2025-08-28T01:19:41.003Z

[travelingthrulife]

59. Endless 'suffering'

When you make 'suffering' the goal of your existence, it really pisses you off when others are not suffering.

[Emile]

5. Well apparently someone wasn't listening.

[Hassler]

6. Karolyin the cross-wearing Lievett

Became Orange Julius Seizure's Spokesliar after a mediocre college softball career.

[rubbersole]

24. Why, I never...

How you can insult tens of millions mediocre college softball players...🙄

[UpInArms]

7. Wow!

If prayer “worked”

It would have stopped those bullets … they were praying

[sprinkleeninow]

8. .....

Liars-->Lake of Fire.
It is written.

[Solly Mack]

9. It's just plain fair to deny science can prevent a disease but don't let anyone say prayer can't prevent a disease.

Because everyone knows that your faith is just as good as science - even better.

Prayer stops bullets, car wrecks, plane crashes, pandemics, flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires.

Who needs science or warnings or vaccines or regulations when all you have to do is pray?

And if prayer doesn't work, then it was God's will - so shut up!

Why do you hate God?

[erronis]

35. And if you send me $99.99 today, I'll promise you all children will go to heaven.

There.

[Solly Mack]

47. Now that's a bargain.

[Johonny]

10. Why did we send the National Guard to DC instead

Of just praying like we do for school shootings? Sad really.

[republianmushroom]

11. Ms. Leavitt if prays worked you would be unemployed and

your boss would be buried beside a hand basin. So we could wash after pissing on his grave.

[surfered]

12. This

[chowder66]

14. She defends a lying criminal sexual abuser.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Gold digging skank says what?

[purr-rat beauty]

18. Oh STFU

The Mouth of Sauron is concerned about the power of prayer being challenged...

...doesn't give an F that her boss is a child sex abuser.

[Deuxcents]

19. Frankly, Ms Leavitt, we don't give a damn what you think.

Even as press secretary to the White House House, you don’t even come close to Ms Psaki’s credibility.

[JoseBalow]

21. Doesn't prayer imply that you know better than your god?

[kacekwl]

22. I think the shooting victims were

actually in church PRAYING when they were shot. Kind of a direct line to god right.

[soldierant]

23. "IF you have faith the size of a mustard seed..."

says the Bible.

So if their prayers aren't working - and they clearly aren't - what does that say about your faith?

(Not that anyone with two eyes, two ears, and a brain needed any more evidence than they provide daily by their actions and their words to know that.

[twodogsbarking]

26. Everyone was praying you wouldn't be so fucking stupid. Now you try and tell us it works.

[LonePirate]

28. The sooner the US realizes that prayers never work and religious belief is a mental illness, the better off we will be.

[90-percent]

29. Dumb all over

A suitable zappa song for this thread..


"........but if we're dumb, then god is dumb. And maybe a little ugly on the side".


Please youtube it for extra credit.


90% jimmy

[spanone]

31. America, where you can no longer voice an opinion.

[Karasu]

42. You certainly can't voice facts. Opinions are all fine and dandy, as long as you spin them as facts to support fascism.

[Emile]

33. She has the fascist attitude down pat. The way

she jerks her head when she speaks. OMG, she is a really nasty human.

[cachukis]

34. The famous STEP study of 2006 about prayer.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16569567/

[erronis]

36. Soon to be wiped from the NIH PubMed site.

Conclusions: Intercessory prayer itself had no effect on complication-free recovery from CABG, but certainty of receiving intercessory prayer was associated with a higher incidence of complications.

[cachukis]

44. Evidence?

[Wiz Imp]

54. It's right here on the NIH website (at least for now)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16569567/

Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer

Background: Intercessory prayer is widely believed to influence recovery from illness, but claims of benefits are not supported by well-controlled clinical trials. Prior studies have not addressed whether prayer itself or knowledge/certainty that prayer is being provided may influence outcome. We evaluated whether (1) receiving intercessory prayer or (2) being certain of receiving intercessory prayer was associated with uncomplicated recovery after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Methods: Patients at 6 US hospitals were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups: 604 received intercessory prayer after being informed that they may or may not receive prayer; 597 did not receive intercessory prayer also after being informed that they may or may not receive prayer; and 601 received intercessory prayer after being informed they would receive prayer. Intercessory prayer was provided for 14 days, starting the night before CABG. The primary outcome was presence of any complication within 30 days of CABG. Secondary outcomes were any major event and mortality.

Results: In the 2 groups uncertain about receiving intercessory prayer, complications occurred in 52% (315/604) of patients who received intercessory prayer versus 51% (304/597) of those who did not (relative risk 1.02, 95% CI 0.92-1.15). Complications occurred in 59% (352/601) of patients certain of receiving intercessory prayer compared with the 52% (315/604) of those uncertain of receiving intercessory prayer (relative risk 1.14, 95% CI 1.02-1.28). Major events and 30-day mortality were similar across the 3 groups.

Conclusions: Intercessory prayer itself had no effect on complication-free recovery from CABG, but certainty of receiving intercessory prayer was associated with a higher incidence of complications.

[cachukis]

58. Yes. Sorry. Was just saying for those who want to deny.

In my Semantics class, I taught my level 5's about how people, when presented evidence that refuted their perspective, would 70% of the time, revert back to their own view within 20 minutes or so.
To prove my point, I presented a synopsis of this study and simply asked for a one page analysis of the information.
Only 20 or 30 % changed their point of view.
I followed up with a study on why people held to their opinions. It was the power they had attained, even by being wrong.
This is an example of how difficult it is to get trumpers out of their cult.

[Cirsium]

37. Pure evil

The people around Trump are evil.

[Karasu]

38. Send your (insincere) thoughts and prayers if that makes you feel any better, Karoline. Just don't pretend it fucking

accomplishes anything.

There is no valid substitute for action.

[Retrograde]

39. Faith without works is dead

according the Epistle of James. But I forget - MAGAt bibles seem to omit the New Testament.

[aeromanKC]

40. If prayer worked, he'd be dead already!!

[Oeditpus Rex]

41. *Monty Python's Life of Brian* sums it all up brilliantly

If you've seen it, you know. Or, you should.

[KitFox]

45. Pat Bagley perfectly nails it, as always. As does the Newsom troll nickname, Karolyin'

She really is a complete version of the North Korean Central News Agency “newscaster”. This on the heels of that slobbering, groveling sycophantic Cabinet Meeting and the CDC degradation makes you want to keep a barf bag handy.

[Oeditpus Rex]

46. I'll never understand

how right-wingers can hear or read something from someone who's not like them and misinterpret it to the point that it's no longer composed of any element science is aware of.

[Wounded Bear]

49. Prayer helps the person praying feel better...

Other than that, I can't really see the purpose if they get up from praying and do nothing else, or like in many cases actually obstruct any attempts to solve the problem of gun violence.

[SamKnause]

51. Karoline prove it.

There is zero evidence or proof that prayers work.

There is plenty of evidence that they don't.

[MiHale]

52. If prayers really worked we wouldn't be having this conversation...

Her boss would not be around…he’d be dead…in prison…sucking his thumb as he plays with his twiddle in the corner of a dark bedroom…but alas…he’s here…murders continue.

[Heidi]

55. The problem is that she *doesn't* think.

It’s incredibly insensitive and disrespectful to the tens of millions of thinking Americans for Ms. Leavitt to claim she does.

[Aristus]

57. Oh noes! Press Secretary Nosejob is offended!

Run for the hills!…

[Ping Tung]

60. A message to St. Karoline from Mark Twain:

"You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?" Mark Twain

[Heidi]

61. No one can keep anyone from praying, Ms. Leavitt.

I was raised Southern Baptist and it was drilled into me from a very early age that prayer is a personal communication with “God.” You can do that anywhere, anytime and without anyone’s approval or even anyone’s knowledge that you’re doing it. Why so sensitive, *snowflake*? Is it because you can’t force your placebo down everyone else’s throat? Is it a distraction from the widely known fact that your orange “savior” was besties with a convicted pedophile? All of the above?

Matthew 6:6
King James Version
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

[Iris]

62. She's as ridiculous as she looks. I'd say dumb as but she clearly knows what she's doing

And is a nasty piece of work