WASHINGTON (AURN News) — A political firestorm erupted after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sharply criticized White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt for comments she made blaming Democrats following Saturday’s shooting near the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which forced the evacuation of President Donald Trump and top officials.
“The White House press secretary, who is a disgrace — she’s a stone-cold liar — had the nerve to stand up there and read talking points being critical of statements, all taken out of context, that Democrats have made, and didn’t have a word to say about anything that MAGA extremists have said or done in this so-called White House. Get lost, clean up your own house,” Jeffries said.
He was responding after Leavitt, at Monday’s White House briefing, blamed Democrats for inspiring the attack.
“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,” Leavitt said.
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