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I was at work when I learned that Karoline Leavitt, President Trump’s viral press secretary, will be stepping down from her position.
“Our wonderful White House Press Secretary, and one of my most trusted aides, Karoline Leavitt, will be departing her role at the end of the month so she can spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally understand and respect!” wrote President Trump <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Ftruthsocial.com*2F*40realDonaldTrump*2Fposts*2F117084211457388624&amp;data=05*7C02*7Ckhamrick*40studentsforlife.org*7C134c92309b6540ffbb6908deff08512f*7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a*7C0*7C0*7C639228608401918627*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ*3D*3D*7C0*7C*7C*7C&amp;sdata=nD77BtewLQfiFspqviKJ8gNMo*2FQY1cqAPWgv*2F8AYbhA*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!3gh47lGdv1wz0dEtOLHFNRUfsTFa9EhM56f7QiqiYWEfY3N6La9Pr0uOnhTv6MTpb5W2B6_pVPqp-uFyJ5pA$">on Truth Social</a>.
As a Gen Z woman who works full-time in the pro-life movement, I knew what would come next: some on the political Right telling women to follow in her footsteps, using Christianity as justification.
The irony of young Christians telling women to go back to the kitchen and care for the kids as the Good Word commands is that Scripture does not actually say that — it says the ideal wife is a working mom.
Everyone has heard of the “Proverbs 31 woman,” especially if you are young and single like me. On every dating app, Christian men pick a prompt saying they’re looking for one of these rare women before asking for a stay-at-home mom who will bake homemade sourdough and birth 12 kids.
I am not here to argue that women’s roles as mothers and wives are not important. They clearly are, and they are indispensable. I would also like to make bread for my dozen kids one day.
However, the conservative political narrative that women must be stay-at-home moms is not reflective of scriptural teachings.
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.biblegateway.com*2Fpassage*2F*3Fsearch*3DProverbs*252031*26version*3DESV&amp;data=05*7C02*7Ckhamrick*40studentsforlife.org*7C134c92309b6540ffbb6908deff08512f*7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a*7C0*7C0*7C639228608401932304*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ*3D*3D*7C0*7C*7C*7C&amp;sdata=ApuuEB2W62ak8Xp6d3wYhvitmf0cgNgQDZK3mdvEVfk*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!3gh47lGdv1wz0dEtOLHFNRUfsTFa9EhM56f7QiqiYWEfY3N6La9Pr0uOnhTv6MTpb5W2B6_pVPqp-n8DgDA1$">Proverbs 31:10–31</a> describes “The Woman Who Fears the Lord,” who is said in verse 10 to be “far more precious than jewels.” The first three verses, 10–12, describe the nature of a good relationship between man and wife, one filled with trust and service.
The next section, verses 13–24, describes the behaviors of this ideal woman.
The woman portrayed in verses 13–15 fits the image young conservatives find appealing: a woman who makes clothes for her family, collects food and prepares it for her household, and finds joy in her service. Young men and women grasp these verses while watching trad wife and homesteading reels on Instagram.
While providing necessities like this is an expectation of a biblical wife, the description does not end with her using their resources to maintain a home. Scripture expects her to conduct business and earn money outside the home to support it.
Verses 16–24 portray a woman who is active outside the home. She purchases land and cultivates it, pursues physical strength and health, creates products and sells them, and helps the needy in her community. Her role is not only in the home. In fact, it necessitates leaving.
Leavitt is a great example of this. She continued to work in this position after the birth of her kids, as it worked for her family.
However, she is working with intention: Leavitt is not leaving the workforce entirely, but forging a path that lets her serve her country and family best.
“Karoline will now be one of my top outside advisors, and an influential voice within the Republican Party, as we work to defy History, and conclusively win the Midterm Elections,” continued President Trump <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Ftruthsocial.com*2F*40realDonaldTrump*2Fposts*2F117084211457388624&amp;data=05*7C02*7Ckhamrick*40studentsforlife.org*7C134c92309b6540ffbb6908deff08512f*7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a*7C0*7C0*7C639228608401945689*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ*3D*3D*7C0*7C*7C*7C&amp;sdata=UY6TwV*2FZxBZfRnuYihqBUkM7Jfq4eq6*2Bh6b2BGjiAV8*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!3gh47lGdv1wz0dEtOLHFNRUfsTFa9EhM56f7QiqiYWEfY3N6La9Pr0uOnhTv6MTpb5W2B6_pVPqp-vuH6oB2$">on Truth Social</a>. “Karoline has been a real leader in the White House, and has done a phenomenal job fighting for Justice, Liberty, and Freedom, since 2018, including our Historic Re-Election Campaign of 2024. Karoline has been one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the History of the Office. Thank you, Karoline, for a job well done!”
Leavitt figured out what worked for her and her family at this time, and she did it. This move is an example of biblical balance.
I can understand why some conservative Christian women of my generation want to be housewives. We grew up in the throes of fourth-wave feminism, teaching women to reject their God-given traits in favor of the corporate image of masculinity. We’ve been forced into a role we could never fill, and <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.forbes.com*2Fsites*2Fdeloitte*2F2026*2F05*2F21*2Fmental-health-is-improving-for-gen-z-and-millennials-but-more-needs-to-be-done-to-address-chronic-stress-at-work*2F&amp;data=05*7C02*7Ckhamrick*40studentsforlife.org*7C134c92309b6540ffbb6908deff08512f*7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a*7C0*7C0*7C639228608401958640*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ*3D*3D*7C0*7C*7C*7C&amp;sdata=VbFGoktaV0DtaPq5qbI83EjpRerVe4eJp*2FBueD1yKS0*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!3gh47lGdv1wz0dEtOLHFNRUfsTFa9EhM56f7QiqiYWEfY3N6La9Pr0uOnhTv6MTpb5W2B6_pVPqp-mxwew5q$">the chronic stress of feminist work culture is destroying our mental health</a>.
Similarly, I can understand some men wanting a housewife as they navigate a man-defeating culture. The imagery of a 1950s housewife — a dress-wearing woman with carefully styled hair, a clean home, a plate of hot food, and a warm smile — is intoxicating to men starved for healthy femininity as <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.brookings.edu*2Farticles*2Fthe-growing-gender-gap-among-young-people*2F&amp;data=05*7C02*7Ckhamrick*40studentsforlife.org*7C134c92309b6540ffbb6908deff08512f*7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a*7C0*7C0*7C639228608401971733*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ*3D*3D*7C0*7C*7C*7C&amp;sdata=5A7oVvREkosP7EfIGdXDezHn102qd45FwuXVv*2B65uT0*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!3gh47lGdv1wz0dEtOLHFNRUfsTFa9EhM56f7QiqiYWEfY3N6La9Pr0uOnhTv6MTpb5W2B6_pVPqp-gqrQtEq$">the majority of Gen Z women embrace modern feminism and liberalism</a>.
This is why young Christians cannot look to the world’s culture for fulfillment. Whether that culture is politically conservative or liberal does not matter. Peace can only be found in the Word of God.
What stands out in Proverbs 31 is the mutual respect shown between man and wife. Proverbs shows a man trusting in his wife and praising her. A woman is encouraged to serve her family and community in both care and business, and her husband is elevated as a result.
To young women, I say: use Scripture as your roadmap. Serve your family through care and work. Find ways to serve your community. Listen to the lessons of Proverbs 31:25–31 and clothe yourself in strength and dignity, be kind with your words, and fear nothing but the Lord.
And to men: do not give up hope on women. Be the leaders God asks you to be. Value the role God has truly given her, and you will see Christian women respond in kind.
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Olivia D’Angelo is a policy analyst, writer, and strategic project coordinator for Students for Life of America, studying biblical leadership at Fruitland Baptist Bible College. Follow her on X: @olivia_dangelo

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Dear Gen Z Christians: It Is Biblical For Women To Work

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Earlier this week,<a href="https://archive.is/uqC0x#selection-1217.0-1217.164"> the Daily Mail reported</a> or possibly sensationalized accounts from sources close to former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who claimed not only was she invited to be a guest on ABC’s “The View,” but she was also under consideration to be a permanent co-host.
But why would the far-left “View,” which carefully curates who they bring on and which opinions they allow to be shared, want someone so pro-Trump? It could be just a ploy to get the Federal Communications Commission off their backs.
According to the Daily Mail, the idea of Leavitt being a guest and a possible co-host received positive support from inside the White House, including from President Trump:
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But ABC&#8217;s The View wants outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to join the panel show, two sources tell the Daily Mail.
Leavitt is said to be considering the idea, which has been met with enthusiastic support from President Donald Trump and other White House officials.
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But why?
If the reporting was accurate, ABC and “The View” might eye this as a way to curry favor with the Trump administration.
For weeks, “The View”’s status as a “bona fide news program” has been under scrutiny by the FCC, an effort<a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2026/06/23/mrc-leads-charge-strip-view-bona-fide-news-status"> cheered on</a> by the Media Research Center and its over 2,400 “separate pieces of evidence documenting “The View”’s pervasive bias and, at times, willful electioneering as exhibits to this comment.”
Key to the arguments against “The View” is their obvious aversion to inviting actual conservatives and Republicans, especially ones that are pro-Trump. A<a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2026/07/29/views-number-conservative-guests-swells-5-compared-87"> Media Research Center study</a> found that, in their most recent season, they only had five conservative guests to their 87 liberal ones. Additionally, both of the show’s purported “conservatives,” Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin, were anti-Trump voices.
A reversal of “The View”’s “bona fide news program” status could be the first domino to fall that could lead to eight ABC-owned-and-operated affiliates<a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2026/08/05/mrc-strikes-back-abcdisney-pushes-denial-license-renewals"> losing their broadcast licenses</a>.
As I noted for<a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2026/08/27/report-view-seeks-hire-outgoing-karoline-leavitt-panel"> NewsBusters</a> earlier this week, the FCC’s review seems to be affecting the show’s upcoming season, particularly their guest bookings. After two consecutive years of kicking off their seasons with prominent liberal figures (liberal Justices <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/09/09/view-fears-defunding-education-dept-means-no-one-can-read">Sonia Sotomayor</a> and <a href="https://x.com/NickFondacaro/status/1831357159138787553">Ketanji Brown Jackson</a>), they seemed to be staying away from booking such overtly political figures.
If only booked as a guest, Leavitt would be their first booking of a political/government figure so far for Season 30. One they’ve attacked on their show for<a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/01/29/views-old-crones-attack-leavitts-looks-and-opposition"> her looks and age</a>.
However, this hinged on reporting from a British tabloid, likely for sensational headlines.
CNN’s<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/27/media/karoline-leavitt-the-view-abc-disney-trump"> Brian Stelter countered</a> The Daily Mail with his own ABC source; and while it was “technically” she was invited, “the implication of the Mail’s headline is false. She would not be a guest host on the talk show or join in a more official capacity.”
“The View” may not be trying to hire Leavitt, but it’s obvious that the FCC’s pressure is influencing who they invite to join them at the table. More importantly, however, it’s expanding the views allowed on “The View.”
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Nicholas C. Fondacaro is the associate editor for the Media Research Center and NewsBusters.

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WASHINGTON — Friends and colleagues on Thursday praised White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who will depart the Trump administration on Friday.
The youngest White House press secretary in history, Leavitt made a name for herself through her steadfast loyalty to President Donald Trump, her curled-lip responses to legacy media from the podium, and her embrace of new media outlets at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
“It is a blessing, a privilege and honor to stand behind the White House podium,” she said Thursday morning, reflecting on her 20 months in the role. “So, whoever gets the job next is a very lucky person to work for this president at this moment in history, and I’ll be here to help every step of the way.”
Leavitt took the role at 27 years old and has been praised for a confidence and presence that many of her older predecessors lacked. Prior to each briefing, she said a prayer for strength and wisdom with her team, then strode through the lower press door, flashing a big, camera-ready smile. She maintained that smile through much of the briefings, doing her best to call on each reporter by name.
<div id="attachment_1167103" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karoline-leavitt-departs-trump-white-house-to-praise-and-gratitude/president-trump-departs-the-white-house-for-pittsburgh-5" rel="attachment wp-att-1167103"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1167103" class="wp-image-1167103 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2225249320-1-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2225249320-1-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2225249320-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2225249320-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2225249320-1.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)</div>
Many of the reporters asking questions in those high-profile briefings were unable to cross the threshold of the James Brady Briefing Room during past administrations. Under Leavitt&#8217;s watch, the White House opened up the briefings to &#8220;new media&#8221; — conservative reporters, podcasters, influencers, and other non-traditional forms of media that had become prominent during the 2024 election.
“It’s essential to our team that we share President Trump’s message everywhere,&#8221; she told the press in January 2025. Thanks to this effort, The Daily Wire has been able to attend countless briefings and Oval Office gaggles, travel on Air Force One and Air Force Two, and even gain a seat in the briefing room.
Leavitt typically remained poised and calm during briefings, sharing updates from the president and promising reporters she would check with Trump when she didn&#8217;t know the answer to their questions. Often she was humorous with the press: “It’s only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now,&#8221; she joked during one briefing.
But she could occasionally be biting.
“You’re a left-wing hack,&#8221; she <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2011874658694676942">fiercely told one offender</a> in January 2026. &#8220;You’re not a reporter. You’re posing in this room as a journalist&#8230; 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.”
“We are not going to be lectured about national security and American troops by Democrats and the mainstream media, who turned the other cheek when the Biden Administration, because of their incompetence, left 13 service members dead in Afghanistan and not a single person in the previous Administration was held accountable,&#8221; she said sternly on another occasion.
<div id="attachment_1167107" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karoline-leavitt-departs-trump-white-house-to-praise-and-gratitude/white-house-press-secretary-karoline-leavitt-speaks-to-the-media" rel="attachment wp-att-1167107"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1167107" class="wp-image-1167107 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2246387169.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2246387169.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2246387169-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2246387169-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2246387169-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a>Leavitt in November 2025 (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)</div>
When she first took the podium in January 2025, she was a mother with a son, Niko, about six months old. Even before she began the White House role, Leavitt was working for Trump on the campaign, jumping back on television four days after she gave birth in the wake of the assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. She gave birth to her second child, a baby daughter, in May of this year, and said that she is departing the administration to focus more on her role as a wife and mother.
Speaking to The Daily Wire ahead of Mother&#8217;s Day in 2025, Leavitt <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/on-being-a-mom-at-the-white-house">reflected on the sacrifices</a> that the mothers in the administration were making to support the president. Her job was the opportunity of a lifetime, she said, and it was a temporary position.
&#8220;President Trump is only going to be here for four years, and this is a historic moment in history,&#8221; she told The Daily Wire at the time. &#8220;I work for a president whom I truly believe in and know that his policies are making a difference.”
When she wasn&#8217;t preparing for briefings or defending the president on television, Leavitt was quietly fielding questions from reporters, persuading them on framing, and overseeing a communications team that has operated far more smoothly than Trump&#8217;s first administration could ever have dreamed. She was up at 5 a.m. every day, immediately reading the news and catching up on whatever the president had posted overnight, preparing herself to take on the news media once again.
She did her best to spend time with her son Niko before she headed to the White House and sought to get home in time for dinner.
“I do really try to prioritize returning home for bedtime,” she shared in May 2025 with The Daily Wire. “I savor that time — eating dinner together, doing tubby, doing book time, and then putting him down every night is a priority for me.”
<div id="attachment_1167117" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karoline-leavitt-departs-trump-white-house-to-praise-and-gratitude/president-trump-hosts-white-house-easter-egg-roll" rel="attachment wp-att-1167117"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1167117" class="wp-image-1167117 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2269572140.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2269572140.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2269572140-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2269572140-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2269572140-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a>Leavitt carries her son during the 2026 White House Easter Egg Roll. Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images</div>
“That’s actually advice I was given by my predecessor Sarah Sanders, who encouraged me to set that boundary. Of course it’s not possible every night,” she added. “There are national security crises, real challenges that we are working on solving every day, and so when duty calls I remain, but I do prioritize my job as a mother above anything and try to make it home.”
She will now have that opportunity to prioritize her family. Trump, who will notice her absence more than any other administration departure, said he understands.
&#8220;Are we gonna miss Karoline?&#8221; he asked reporters outside Air Force One. &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna miss her!&#8221;
He added with a smile: &#8220;She&#8217;s made that job very glamorous.&#8221;

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Karoline Leavitt Departs Trump White House To Praise And Gratitude

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Support females. Unless they dare speak out against men playing in their sport, in which case, ruin them. Women should run the world. Unless they have a baby, then they’ll probably undergo acute psychosis and strangle their kids, and that’s fine. Empower all women. Unless they’re blonde and work in the Trump administration. Then it’s open season.
The latter is prescient this week, as the Left has found a new young, attractive woman to terrorize in Natalie Harp, now that Karoline Leavitt isn&#8217;t in their line of sight.
The 35-year-old special and executive assistant to the president was launched into the news cycle after Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff (Democrat, dweeb, professional douche) read a scripted line at a rally insinuating that Trump &#8220;doesn&#8217;t want to do the job,&#8221; preferring instead to &#8220;build his ballroom and travel with Natalie&#8221; on a plane gifted by the Emir of Qatar.
The small, beta, estrogen-filled half-feline was being about as subtle as a brick through a window. The implication: the president and his aide are having some sort of love affair, based on the fact that when there was a bomb threat from Iran, she was one of a few people who snuck onto another escape flight with the president (the sole target of the attack). Journalists are still incredibly upset that after years of libeling, defaming, and belittling the president and his administration, he didn&#8217;t sacrifice his safety for them by telling Iran exactly where he was.
This empowered Maggie Haberman of The New York Times to describe Harp as Trump&#8217;s &#8220;binky&#8221; during a podcast devoted to making this story something that it isn&#8217;t, the Daily Beast to publish her private letters, CNN&#8217;s Erin Burnett to primetime Harp&#8217;s estranged brother to trash her, and Maureen Dowd, who should perhaps <a href="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/02/05/arts/TO_MELANIA-DOC_0205_Clip-1_MD/TO_MELANIA-DOC_0205_Clip-1-Social-Still_Textless_0205-jumbo.png?auto=webp&amp;quality=75">cool it on the botox</a>, to compare Harp to the crazed girlfriend from “Obsession.”
Believe all women. Support fellow females. Be a girl&#8217;s girl. Unless she&#8217;s pretty, successful, and votes red — then, evidently, the sisterhood becomes a firing squad.
But this Natalie Harp must have done something unusual to stoke their ire, right? Like how Kamala Harris legitimately slept her way into the District Attorney’s office or how Hillary Clinton looked the other way as her husband ushered in a revolving door of women to stay close to power? Wrong. She&#8217;s a California native from a conservative Christian family who studied business and real estate, went public in 2019 with her Stage 2 bone cancer diagnosis, and is alive today because a doctor was willing to try an off-label immunotherapy — treatment access made possible, as she tells it, by Trump&#8217;s 2018 Right to Try Act. Her father died by suicide in 2020. Her brother, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DUKCzhyAGZ3/?img_index=1">an anti-American</a>, gringo sandinista, man-bun activist who goes by &#8220;Spirit.wagon&#8221; on Instagram, doesn&#8217;t speak to her. Nobody&#8217;s heard from the mother in years.
Despite her apparent family shortcomings and lack of nuclear support, she’s made a highly impressive career for herself in political media, gaining the attention of President Trump after she credited him with saving her life, and earning a spot within his campaign and inner circle. Not because of nefarious reasons, but because she is incredibly hard-working, devoted, and loyal to a fault, sometimes forgetting to eat and sleep. She’s unmarried, single, and dedicated to the craft at 35. The Left should be proud.
Instead, because she once wrote that Trump was her &#8220;guardian and protector&#8221; and compared him to George Bailey in a campaign speech, she&#8217;s being cast as unhinged. A woman who has survived cancer, a father&#8217;s suicide, and a commie brother finding stability and purpose in her work is not evidence of instability. It&#8217;s evidence of exactly the opposite. He&#8217;s an 80-year-old man she may well see as a father figure. Or “Unc,” as the kids say. That&#8217;s not a scandal. That&#8217;s just how humans process grief.
It isn’t surprising that the same cadre of people who excuse a psychotic mother for strangling her three children to death, look the other way when a nazi-tatted communist allegedly sexually assaults a woman because he’s running for office as a D and the victim was an R, and forgive female genital mutilation and forced burqa coverage because it’s “their religion,” are also misogynistic towards successful conservative women.
The Left is showing us, day after day, that they will loudly defend the idea of female empowerment while quietly deciding, case by case, which actual women deserve it. A cancer survivor with a tragic family history and an unglamorous work ethic doesn&#8217;t fit the &#8220;victim&#8221; narrative, so she gets recast as the &#8220;obsessive aide&#8221; who’s sleeping with an 80-year-old instead.
Feminism sure looks different nowadays, doesn’t it?
Harp will survive this slander, just as she has capably survived worse than cable news, but there is a broader insult here, to every woman the Left claims to speak for. Record female appointments in this administration, the youngest female press secretary, women succeeding without checking a single progressive box — and none of it counts, because counting it would mean admitting conservative women can win on merit. So instead, they fixate on a new blonde villain every cycle with the same tired verdict: she must be sleeping her way into relevance.
It&#8217;s cruel, and it&#8217;s pathetic. Even Bill Maher is tired of it: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know why you have to go after her… She had bone cancer in her 20s. She liked Trump because he sped up experimental treatment, which she believes helped her. But, you know, in America it&#8217;s just like, &#8216;Oh good, someone new to hate.&#8217; … Let the man have one f*cking friend.&#8221;
Let the man have a friend. And let the girl have a father figure.

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President Donald Trump has a new opening in his administration after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karoline-leavitt-to-depart-the-white-house-by-end-of-the-month?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Karoline+Leavitt+Stepping+Down+As+Trump+Press+Secretary">announced Wednesday</a> that she will step down at the end of the month.
Trump has not announced a successor, but traders are already betting on who will take over one of the White House&#8217;s most visible jobs.
As of 6:55 pm ET Wednesday evening, <a href="https://kalshi.com/markets/kxnextpressec/who-will-be-trumps-next-press-secretary/kxnextpressec-29jan21?op_order_side=yes&amp;op_market_ticker=KXNEXTPRESSEC-29JAN21-AKEL">Kalshi</a> bettors had former Trump attorney Alina Habba as the leading contender, with a 21% implied chance of becoming the next press secretary.
Habba was followed by former reality television personality and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt at 16%, former Trump aide Natalie Harp at 17%, former White House communications official Lara Trump at 16%, Trump communications aide Roma Daravi at 16%, CNN commentator Scott Jennings at 9.1%, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly at 4%, Rachel Campos-Duffy at 2%, Kari Lake at 2.1% and Trump campaign veteran Jason Miller at 1.1%
The names reflect prediction-market wagers, not confirmed candidates being considered by the White House, which has not publicly identified potential replacements for Leavitt.
Tucker Carlson, meanwhile, was given a 1.1% chance.
The market could move quickly as more information emerges about whom Trump is considering. 
Leavitt, 28, became the youngest White House press secretary in history when Trump returned to office in January 2025. She announced Wednesday that she would step down after nearly a year and a half in the role. Leavitt said she decided to leave after returning from maternity leave and concluding that she could not give both her young children and the demanding press secretary position the attention they deserve. 
Trump said Leavitt would continue serving as an outside adviser as the administration works toward the November midterm elections. 
For now, the White House has not said who will replace her.
The betting, however, has already begun.

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WASHINGTON — Karoline Leavitt will leave her role as White House Press Secretary at the end of the month, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday.
&#8220;Our wonderful White House Press Secretary, and one of my most trusted aides, Karoline Leavitt, will be departing her role at the end of the month so she can spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally understand and respect!&#8221; Trump said on Wednesday afternoon.
&#8220;Karoline will now be one of my top outside advisors, and an influential voice within the Republican Party, as we work to defy History, and conclusively win the Midterm Elections,&#8221; he added.
The president praised Leavitt for her work in his administration, writing: &#8220;Karoline has been a real leader in the White House, and has done a phenomenal job fighting for Justice, Liberty, and Freedom, since 2018, including our Historic Re-Election Campaign of 2024. Karoline has been one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the History of the Office. Thank you, Karoline, for a job well done!&#8221;
Leavitt recently gave birth to her second baby in May, a baby daughter named Vivienne.
&#8220;She is perfect and healthy, and her big brother is joyfully adjusting to life with his new baby sister,&#8221; Leavitt shared at the time. &#8220;We are enjoying every moment in our blissful newborn bubble.”
In a statement posted to &#8220;X&#8221; on Wendesday, Leavitt said that serving as White House press secretary has been &#8220;the honor and adventure of a lifetime.&#8221;
&#8220;I am incredibly grateful to President Trump for granting me so many extraordinary opportunities, such as working in the West Wing and spending countless hours in the Oval Office, flying around the world and meeting foreign leaders, and traveling across our beautiful country and meeting Americans from all walks of life,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Most of all, I am thankful to the President for entrusting me with the distinct privilege of speaking on his behalf at the White House podium.&#8221;
Leavitt shared that coming back to the White House after the birth of her daughter prompted her to realize that she cannot be &#8220;the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House Press Secretary — and that is why I have ultimately made the bittersweet decision to depart the White House and embark on a new chapter in my life.&#8221;
&#8220;President Trump has asked me to continue serving as a top advisor to him on the outside, and I will always remain a vocal advocate for MAGA and the Republican Party,&#8221; Leavitt added. &#8220;Our country is facing an existential threat from an increasingly extremist Democrat Party that seeks to destroy everything great about America, and I believe it is incumbent upon all of us who care about this country to fight back against that threat. My fight is entering a new phase, but it is far from over.&#8221; 
A number have names have been floated to replace Leavitt in the past. One of those is Tricia McLaughlin, who previously worked for the Department of Homeland Security and is a frequent guest on Fox News. Another rumored possibility is Scott Jennings, known for his take downs on CNN. Leavitt also has a communications team heavy with staff who might be able to step up to the plate: White House Principal Deputy Secretary Anna Kelly, for example, stepped in to fill Leavitt&#8217;s shoes for many of her duties during Leavitt&#8217;s maternity leave.
&#8220;Karoline was the best to do it,&#8221; Trump advisor Alex Brusewitz responded, asked if he&#8217;d consider the role. &#8220;Tough act to follow!!
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates.

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Karoline Leavitt Stepping Down As Trump Press Secretary

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) lashed out at White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday after she said the president’s &#8220;patience is running out&#8221; over the failure to pass the SAVE America Act.
The back-and-forth began with a question from The Daily Caller&#8217;s Reagan Reese during the White House briefing.
“Look, the president spoke about this directly yesterday. His patience is running out. He wants to see as much of the SAVE America [Act] passed as possible by the August recess,” Leavitt said to reporters. “The American people elected overwhelmingly Republicans to lead, not just this White House, but also the House and the Senate. The House did its job. The Senate needs to do its job, too.”
A few miles away on Capitol Hill, Thune fired back, telling the White House to pick up the phone and whip the votes. 
&#8220;Well, maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It’s 50 around here. And, so, instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats,” Thune <a href="https://x.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/2080339641119473680?s=20">told</a> reporters in the halls of the Senate Thursday.
“And if there are Republicans that they think are gettable, get on the phone,” he added. “Let’s get them to ‘yes.’&#8221;
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THUNE: &#8220;Well, maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It’s 50 around here. And, so, instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats. And if… <a href="https://t.co/lRL2Yl0Pd9">https://t.co/lRL2Yl0Pd9</a>
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It’s the latest escalation after Trump on Wednesday ramped up his pressure campaign against Thune, urging supporters to flood his office with calls demanding action on the popular election security legislation. 
“We have to pass the SAVE America Act to defend American elections. And I have to say, Mike Johnson and Congress have done a great job, but we’re having a hard time in the Senate,” Trump said at a <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2080034029487685876?s=20">rally</a> in Georgia. “It’s like the Senate is a place where you send things when you want them to die.” 
“We’re not going to take this any longer … I’m trying to be nice,” Trump added. “Everybody call John Thune at the Senate. He’s the leader of the Republican party, and tell him to get this stuff approved!”
Trump also renewed his call to eliminate the filibuster, arguing Democrats would quickly abolish the 60-vote threshold themselves if they regain power.
“The Democrats are going to terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance, and then they’re going to approve Puerto Rico and D.C. as a state. They got four more senators. They’re going to end up with 12 more congressmen. They’re going to get like 40 electoral votes,” the president said. 
Trump’s remarks came hours after the House passed a third version of the election integrity measure by attaching it to the GOP-backed Stop Insider Trading Act, legislation that would ban members of Congress from buying and selling stocks.
The combined bill passed 232-198, with 13 Democrats joining Republicans to advance the measure, marking the first congressional stock-trading ban to receive a House floor vote, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-turns-up-heat-on-thune-over-save-act?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Turns+Up+Heat+On+Thune+Over+SAVE+Act">reported</a>. 
Frustration with Thune isn’t limited to the White House. House Republicans who have repeatedly passed the legislation have also grown increasingly vocal about the Senate’s inaction.
“If John Thune has shown that he does not want to put the SAVE America Act on the Senate floor, he should step aside,” Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) <a href="https://x.com/RepOgles/status/2080028930518495258?s=20">said</a> on social media. “There are plenty of other options in the Senate capable of securing our elections as Majority Leader.”

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John Thune Lashes Out At Karoline Leavitt After She Says ‘Patience Is Wearing Thin’

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The White House came to the defense of WNBA star Sophie Cunningham Thursday after the Indiana Fever guard faced criticism for saying that men should not compete in women’s sports or share women’s locker rooms.
When asked about the issue by Daily Wire White House Correspondent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/mary-margaret-olohan">Mary Margaret Olohan</a>, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump is aware of Cunningham’s comments and shares her concerns about protecting female athletes.
“I don’t believe he has reached out to her,” Leavitt said when asked whether Trump had contacted Cunningham. “I know he is following the story.”
Leavitt said the backlash against Cunningham demonstrated what she described as a disconnect between leftist activists and the broader American public. 
“This is something the president feels strongly about as well, and the American people do too,” Leavitt said. “That men should not be playing in women’s sports. It’s completely ludicrous that anyone could support that.”
“It’s even more ludicrous that you do have Sophie Cunningham, a female athlete herself, very accomplished in her own right, coming forth and speaking that truth that men shouldn’t play in women’s sports,” she continued.
Leavitt called the criticism Cunningham has received “astonishing” and argued that the administration’s position reflects widespread public opinion.
“They are clearly very out of touch with the American public on this issue, which again is an 80-20 issue,” Leavitt said. “It’s common sense. It’s rooted in basic biological fact that men should not be competing against women on playing fields across the country.”
Cunningham, who has become one of the WNBA’s most recognizable players since joining the Indiana Fever, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wnba-star-breaks-with-league-on-explosive-issue">said</a> in an interview with ESPN earlier this week that she felt compelled to speak out about biological differences in sports despite backlash from critics who accused her of being anti-transgender. 
“I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’” Cunningham said. “I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest.”
Cunningham said her concern was protecting female athletes, particularly young girls. “I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men,” she said.
The comments drew criticism online, with some labeling the Missouri native as a conservative or “MAGA Barbie,” a characterization Cunningham rejected. “I really am right in the middle [politically],” Cunningham said, adding that she agrees and disagrees with positions on both sides of the political spectrum.
Cunningham’s comments come as the WNBA and its players’ union have taken a different position on transgender inclusion. The WNBA Players Association has previously voiced opposition to restrictions on transgender participation in sports and pledged support for transgender athletes.
The Fever guard has also drawn attention in recent weeks for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wnba-star-sophie-cunningham-wont-diss-trump-after-white-house-meme">refusing to join criticism</a> of President Trump after the White House used a viral clip of her pointing at an opponent during a game as a social media meme.
When asked about the White House using the clip, Cunningham said she viewed it as part of a broader internet trend. “Everyone around the world is posting it, every company has done it,” Cunningham said. “They’re just the ones also to get on board and I don’t really think twice about it.”

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Karoline Leavitt Rips Leftist Backlash To Sophie Cunningham’s Trans Sports Comments

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Second Lady Usha Vance delivered a rare rebuke to The New York Times over an article essentially claiming that women within President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration were using maternity fashion to weaponize pregnancy.
Vance, who is pregnant with her fourth child with husband and Vice President JD Vance, mocked the outlet&#8217;s attempt to make her wardrobe political and made it clear that her maternity fashion choices were typically born of just three things: necessity, comfort, and economy.
&#8220;Now that we know the political significance of my $8.75 coral maternity dress from Old Navy, can’t wait to hear what the New York Times has to say about my elastic-waistband pants and compression socks!&#8221; Vance posted via X. &#8220;In the meantime, enjoy my pregnancy fashion (or lack thereof) and a good story with your kids on &#8216;Storytime with the Second Lady.'&#8221;
Along with her caption, Vance shared a video — also featuring the vice president — of herself wearing the dress in question as he read aloud from A. A. Milne&#8217;s classic, &#8220;Winnie the Pooh.&#8221;
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And here’s the receipt! <a href="https://t.co/tgICmpbapQ">pic.twitter.com/tgICmpbapQ</a>
— Second Lady Usha Vance (@SLOTUS) <a href="https://x.com/SLOTUS/status/2069857037303816372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
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For good measure, Vance followed up with a screenshot of her receipt showing that she had, in fact, purchased the dress from Old Navy. It also showed that the coral-colored &#8220;Asymmetrical Shoulder Maxi Dress,&#8221; originally $49.99, had been marked down to $12.99 and she had saved an additional $3.74— making her final total $8.75.
And while that choice may have been one of convenience and economy, Vance said in March that being pregnant as the Second Lady of the United States meant that she necessarily had to change her style, mainly because her position dictated a number of events that she would have to attend — and many of those would not be held in places where leggings and sweatpants were considered appropriate.
&#8220;I have to dress up a lot more. I enjoyed my last pregnancy — there were a lot of sweatpants. I was working from home and sometimes put a blazer on over what was under,&#8221; she told NBC at the time.
The article to which Vance was responding was published on Wednesday and was titled, &#8220;The Politics and Power of the Pregnancy Image.&#8221; If that did not paint a clear enough picture of the tone, the sub-headline removed all doubt: &#8220;Usha Vance, along with Katie Miller and Karoline Leavitt, shows how much is said by an expectant silhouette, without anyone saying a word.&#8221;
The article proceeded to accuse women within the Trump administration of flaunting their pregnancies to make a political point: this is what women are supposed to do — and how they are supposed to look.
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Together, the women have created a notably consistent, and somewhat paradigm-shifting, picture of the White House’s family and fertility platform.
If the bare-chested, muscled mixed martial arts fighters of the U.F.C. match that President Trump hosted on Flag Day were the poster guys for MAGA’s image of masculinity, then the pregnant women of Trump world are one half of their feminine counterparts. Along with the sheath-clad, lip-filled, pageant-haired Mar-a-Lago set, they offer an image of idealized womanhood that gives literal shape to the pronatalist movement.
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Jill Filipovic, the host of the “<a class="css-yywogo" title="" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-week-in-women/id1632915204" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Week in Women</a>” podcast, suggested that even though it&#8217;s highly unlikely that the pregnancies were coordinated, the presentation appeared to be: &#8220;It almost feels like a memo went out. They have quite intentionally opted to present themselves as, ‘I am really pregnant, and this is what women were chosen to do,’ and they are happy to say that both with their looks and their mouths.”
Vance, quite clearly, said otherwise.
Miller, whose fourth child with longtime Trump adviser Stephen Miller was born just days before Father&#8217;s Day, <a href="https://x.com/KatieMiller/status/2069874153717395901">weighed in</a> as well — and said that maternity fashion had been made more difficult as American birth rates had fallen.
&#8220;Over the last few years, many clothing brands have largely stopped producing maternity clothes that most women actually want to wear. @SLOTUS has done a phenomenal job curating affordable, fashionable options that make pregnancy fashion accessible. The root cause is sadly straightforward: with fewer women having babies, it’s likely become unprofitable for brands to invest in dedicated maternity lines,&#8221; she said.

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Usha Vance Takes Rare Swipe At Media Over Maternity Fashion

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the birth of her second child on Thursday and shared an update along with a photo of her and the new baby.
&#8220;On May 1st, Viviana aka &#8216;Vivi&#8217; joined our family, and our hearts instantly exploded with love,&#8221; Leavitt said in an Instagram post. &#8220;She is perfect and healthy, and her big brother is joyfully adjusting to life with his new baby sister. We are enjoying every moment in our blissful newborn bubble.&#8221;
In late April, Leavitt postponed her maternity leave to hold a last-minute press briefing following the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner shooting.
&#8220;Thank you to everyone who reached out with prayers during my pregnancy — I truly felt them throughout the entire experience. God is Good,&#8221; she said on social media.
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Following a third assassination attempt against President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed Democratic lawmakers for rhetoric that openly invited violence.
“They’ve incited violence, in my view,” he said. “It’s time to turn down the rhetoric. We’ve been seeing this over and over. I hope that this will be a sobering reminder for everybody about that very important cause.&#8221;
Leavitt, who was already supposed to have begun her maternity leave, hosted an impromptu White House Press Briefing and echoed Johnson’s tone.
&#8220;This hateful and constant and violent rhetoric directed at President Trump day after day after day for 11 years has helped to legitimize this violence and bring us to this dark moment,” she said. “Those who constantly, falsely label and slander the president as a fascist, as a threat to democracy and compare him to Hitler, to score political points, are fueling this kind of violence.”
Addressing the gathered reporters, Leavitt asked what separated the rhetoric wielded by Democratic lawmakers from that contained in the would-be assassin’s manifesto.
The shooter who attempted to attack Trump administration officials on Saturday, for example, claimed that he acted because he was “no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who has repeatedly claimed that Trump is an authoritarian and a threat to Democracy — and, like shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen, did not hesitate to call the president a “rapist.”
“Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?” she said in a 2025 X <a href="https://x.com/AOC/status/1943736675877658637">post</a>.
And Ocasio-Cortez was not alone. Even after one assassination attempt on Trump — which left one dead and two others gravely injured at a Butler, Pennsylvania, rally — former Vice President Kamala Harris ignored calls to tone down the rhetoric and referred to her opponent as a “fascist.”
President Trump appears to have had enough of the rhetoric as well, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-explains-delay-leaving-ballroom-says-he-wanted-to-personally-assess-scene">pushed back immediately</a> when CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell raised a question from Allen’s manifesto: “I was totally exonerated &#8230; You should be ashamed of yourself, reading that &#8230; You’re a disgrace.”
Since the news broke that yet another would-be assassin had targeted President Trump, a number of Democratic lawmakers have attempted to sidestep the landmines in their own party’s rhetoric and simply issue blanket calls condemning political violence.
Former President Barack Obama sparked backlash when he did so, in part because he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-claims-shooters-motive-is-unknown-despite-manifesto-raging-against-trump">also claimed</a> hours after the manifesto’s release that “we don&#8217;t yet know the details about the motives.”
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp (D-WA) was one of the few who stood out, <a href="https://x.com/RepMGP/status/2048232340954943936">saying,</a> in spite of her own personal and political opinions, “Please stop trying to murder the President.”

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