Joseph Epstein on Karoline Leavitt [View all]
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If the press formerly accosted White House press secretaries, in recent days this has reversed, with the press secretary now on the attack. An all-too-vivid example of this occurred this month, when 28-year-old Karoline Leavitt attacked Niall Stanage, a White House columnist for the Hill, after he revealed that he thought that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot Renee Good acted recklessly and unjustifiably.
Ms. Leavitt unloaded: “You’re a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter. You’re posing in this room as a journalist. . . . And shame on people like you in the media who have a crooked view and have a biased view, and pretend like you’re a real honest journalist.”
She has taken the job to new heights (or is it new depths?). Ms. Leavitt seems more certain than President Trump of the efficacy of President Trump’s policies. She is also often more mean-spirited than he and is without his sense of humor. What was once a job that called for a voice of seemingly poised neutrality has, under Ms. Leavitt, become one of sullen partisanship. Hers is henchman-like behavior.
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