> White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called an Irish journalist a “left-wing hack” during a heated exchange at a press briefing yesterday.
> Niall Stanage, who works for The Hill newspaper, asked a question about the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on 7 January.
> When asked for his assessment of the incident, Mr Stanage described the ICE officers’ actions as “reckless,” prompting a sharp response from the press secretary.
> When Mr Stanage mentioned that 32 people had died in ICE custody in 2025, Ms Leavitt responded by questioning his credentials as a journalist.
> “You’re not a reporter, you’re posing in this room as a journalist,” she said. “You’re pretending like you’re a journalist but you’re a left-wing activist.”
> “Yeah, because you’re a left-wing hack, you’re not a reporter, you’re posing in this room as a journalist and it’s so clear by the premise of your question.
> “And you and the people in the media who have such biases but fake like you’re a journalist, you shouldn’t even be sitting in that seat. But you’re pretending like you’re a journalist but you’re a left-wing activist,” she said.
Party of snowflakes, those Republicans. Incredible how one simple question gets under their skin so severely.
sionnach_fi on
American right wingers aren’t really able to deal with journalists that aren’t American tbh
“Everyone who disagrees with me is a radical extremist”
Intelligent_Ad_9272 on
What an awful human being she is.
whereohwhereohwhere on
She is such an angry hag of a woman. Blows my mind that she’s only 28
Franz_Werfel on
Wear it as a mark of pride.
MushroomBig1861 on
Christofascist with obvious cheek implantsÂ
Potential-Photo-3641 on
Who gives a crap what that nonsense factory says.
myarseisbig on
If a child doesnt agree with something and has no comeback. Children resort to name calling!
Ninevehenian on
I hope her bad faith is put down in history.
NocturneFogg on
The more they do stuff like this the more petulant and dictatorial they look. They’re not even wearing a mask anymore – it doesn’t need to slip.
shorkgurl on
This is far from the most shocking thing happening over there right now. The US is openly fascist and a lot of people here haven’t seemed to register that yet. If you want to see how bad it’s getting go take a look at /r/Minnesota or /r/ice_watch and see for yourself.
RomfordWellington on
Niall Stanage is an excellent and fair reporter. Used to love him each week on The Stand.
significantrisk on
It doesn’t really matter what she said, everyone knows she’s a propaganda mouthpiece. What matters is that the entire press corps didn’t immediately derail the briefing by asking nothing but how fucking dare she continue speaking that way.
The story isn’t that the regime does regime shit, it’s that the press are collaborators.
Archamasse on
I don’t enjoy living in interesting times at all. They are openly floating strategies to suspend elections.
Separate_Historian14 on
Ad hominems are the last resort of desperate men.
donall on
she’s 28 and her husband is 60 and she thinks she tells us what normality is
gingerbhoy on
The land of the free 🙄
ohmyblahblah on
Had seen this headline but not watched the video so hadnt realised it was Niall Stanage. He writes for the Hill and is a fine journalist
elfy4eva on
Jesus and I thought Spicer was bad.
Jg0jg0 on
Rather than speak to his line of questioning, she attacks his alleged political allegiance. Joseph Goebels couldn’t teach her anything if he was still around.
SeriesDowntown5947 on
Fair enough question. Maybe the tone was judgemental. In that the jury is literally out on the events. But the response was more than just tone been a curse response.
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> White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called an Irish journalist a “left-wing hack” during a heated exchange at a press briefing yesterday.
> Niall Stanage, who works for The Hill newspaper, asked a question about the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on 7 January.
> When asked for his assessment of the incident, Mr Stanage described the ICE officers’ actions as “reckless,” prompting a sharp response from the press secretary.
> When Mr Stanage mentioned that 32 people had died in ICE custody in 2025, Ms Leavitt responded by questioning his credentials as a journalist.
> “You’re not a reporter, you’re posing in this room as a journalist,” she said. “You’re pretending like you’re a journalist but you’re a left-wing activist.”
> “Yeah, because you’re a left-wing hack, you’re not a reporter, you’re posing in this room as a journalist and it’s so clear by the premise of your question.
> “And you and the people in the media who have such biases but fake like you’re a journalist, you shouldn’t even be sitting in that seat. But you’re pretending like you’re a journalist but you’re a left-wing activist,” she said.
Party of snowflakes, those Republicans. Incredible how one simple question gets under their skin so severely.
American right wingers aren’t really able to deal with journalists that aren’t American tbh
https://youtu.be/PRF3r3zUGqk
Leavitt is trash.
Play the man not the ball.
Wait, that’s not right.
She’s just following the lead of der Fuhrer.
“Everyone who disagrees with me is a radical extremist”
What an awful human being she is.
She is such an angry hag of a woman. Blows my mind that she’s only 28
Wear it as a mark of pride.
Christofascist with obvious cheek implantsÂ
Who gives a crap what that nonsense factory says.
If a child doesnt agree with something and has no comeback. Children resort to name calling!
I hope her bad faith is put down in history.
The more they do stuff like this the more petulant and dictatorial they look. They’re not even wearing a mask anymore – it doesn’t need to slip.
This is far from the most shocking thing happening over there right now. The US is openly fascist and a lot of people here haven’t seemed to register that yet. If you want to see how bad it’s getting go take a look at /r/Minnesota or /r/ice_watch and see for yourself.
Niall Stanage is an excellent and fair reporter. Used to love him each week on The Stand.
It doesn’t really matter what she said, everyone knows she’s a propaganda mouthpiece. What matters is that the entire press corps didn’t immediately derail the briefing by asking nothing but how fucking dare she continue speaking that way.
The story isn’t that the regime does regime shit, it’s that the press are collaborators.
I don’t enjoy living in interesting times at all. They are openly floating strategies to suspend elections.
Ad hominems are the last resort of desperate men.
she’s 28 and her husband is 60 and she thinks she tells us what normality is
The land of the free 🙄
Had seen this headline but not watched the video so hadnt realised it was Niall Stanage. He writes for the Hill and is a fine journalist
Jesus and I thought Spicer was bad.
Rather than speak to his line of questioning, she attacks his alleged political allegiance. Joseph Goebels couldn’t teach her anything if he was still around.
Fair enough question. Maybe the tone was judgemental. In that the jury is literally out on the events. But the response was more than just tone been a curse response.
She, is fucking nuts