White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a world-class smackdown to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins during a heated exchange on Wednesday morning.
The heated confrontation unfolded when Collins falsely claimed Hegseth had “complained” that the deaths of six U.S. service members were front-page news coverage.
Leavitt, who has become a nightmare for regime reporters, didn’t let Collins get away with the narrative-spinning for a single second.
“That’s not what the Secretary said, Kaitlan, and that’s not what the Secretary meant, and you know it,” Leavitt fired back, looking Collins directly in the eye. “You know you are being disingenuous.”
The exchange centered on the tragic loss of six U.S. service members. Instead of focusing on the bravery of the fallen or the administration’s support for the families, Collins attempted to frame the Pentagon’s frustration with media sensationalism as an attack on the soldiers themselves.
Leavitt wasn’t having it. She pointed out the undeniable truth that the American people see every day: CNN exists solely to destroy President Donald Trump.
The highlight of the exchange came when Leavitt dismantled the “objective” facade of the network. When Collins tried to claim that covering troop deaths isn’t political, Leavitt dropped the hammer regarding CNN’s plummeting relevance.
Karoline Leavitt:
There is not—we’ve never had a Secretary of Defense who cares more—
Kaitlan Collins:
He’s trying to get through where tragic things happen. It’s front-page news. I get it. The press only wants to make the president look bad. We cover the deaths of U.S. service members under every president.
Karoline Leavitt:
The press does only want to make the president look bad. That’s it. That’s a fact—especially you. Listen to me—especially you and especially CNN. And the Secretary of Defense cares deeply about our warfighters and our men and women in uniform. He travels all across this country to meet with them, to connect with them, and your network has hardly ever probably reported on that.
You also had the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Chairman McCain, who’s a brave patriot, standing alongside the Secretary at the Pentagon this morning, again expressing his condolences to these families. And I just told you that the President of the United States will be attending their dignified transfer. So please—
Kaitlan Collins:
[We are covering] the dignified transfer. That’s not making the president look bad; that’s showcasing that.
Karoline Leavitt:
We expect you to cover that, as you should. We expect you to cover that, as you should, Kaitlan. But you and your network know that you take every single thing this administration says and try to use it to make the president look bad. That is an objective fact.
Kaitlan Collins:
I don’t think covering troop deaths is trying to make—
Karoline Leavitt:
If you’re trying to argue right now that CNN’s overwhelming coverage is not negative of President Donald Trump, I think the American people would tend to agree—and your ratings would tend to disagree with that as well.
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