{"id":33420,"date":"2026-01-17T06:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=33420"},"modified":"2026-01-17T06:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:20:07","slug":"leavitt-torches-reporter-for-smearing-ice-agent-youre-a-left-wing-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=33420","title":{"rendered":"Leavitt Torches Reporter for Smearing ICE Agent: \u2018You\u2019re a Left-Wing Hack\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tense confrontation erupted during Thursday\u2019s White House press briefing when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt<\/span><\/span><\/strong> sharply rebuked a reporter she accused of bias and misinformation over a fatal encounter involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis.<\/span><\/p>\n

The exchange unfolded after the reporter referenced remarks by Kristi Noem<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, who had said ICE was \u201cdoing everything correctly\u201d in carrying out its mission. The reporter challenged that assertion by citing statistics and the recent death of Renee Good, who was shot by an ICE agent during an attempted arrest. Framing the question as evidence of systemic misconduct, the reporter asked how such incidents could align with claims of proper enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leavitt responded by pressing the reporter on the circumstances of the shooting, asking why Good was \u201ctragically killed.\u201d When the reporter replied with his personal assessment\u2014claiming the agent acted \u201crecklessly\u201d and killed Good \u201cunjustifiably\u201d\u2014Leavitt forcefully pushed back, accusing him of abandoning journalistic objectivity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOh, okay, so you\u2019re a biased reporter with a left-wing opinion,\u201d Leavitt said, adding that he was \u201ca left-wing hack\u201d posing as a journalist. She argued that his question and follow-up response demonstrated preconceived conclusions rather than fact-based reporting, and said such bias had no place in the briefing room.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leavitt pointed to video evidence and statements from the Department of Homeland Security<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, which indicated that Good attempted to flee after being instructed to exit her vehicle and allegedly struck the agent involved. According to DHS, those actions contributed to the fatal outcome\u2014details Leavitt said the reporter ignored in favor of narrative framing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shifting the focus, Leavitt challenged the media to cover crimes committed by illegal aliens against American citizens, asking whether the reporter could cite figures on such cases. She suggested that many in the press selectively highlight enforcement controversies while downplaying or overlooking victims of crimes committed by those in the country illegally.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI bet you never even read about Laken Riley<\/span><\/span><\/strong> or Jocelyn Nungaray<\/span><\/span><\/strong> or all of the innocent Americans who were killed at the hands of illegal aliens,\u201d Leavitt said, accusing the media of failing to tell those stories with equal urgency.<\/span><\/p>\n

Concluding her remarks, Leavitt defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, stating that agents are \u201cdoing everything in their power\u201d to remove dangerous individuals and protect communities. She ended with a pointed rebuke of what she described as a \u201ccrooked\u201d and biased media culture, urging reporters to focus on verified facts rather than activism-driven narratives.<\/span><\/p>\n

The heated exchange underscored ongoing tensions between the White House and segments of the press over immigration enforcement, media bias, and the framing of law enforcement actions in politically charged cases.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A tense confrontation erupted during Thursday\u2019s White House press briefing when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt sharply rebuked a reporter she accused of bias and misinformation over a fatal encounter involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis. The exchange unfolded after the reporter referenced remarks by Kristi Noem, who had said…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}