
If there were a test for political decency, Karoline Leavitt would’ve failed it in record time. The Trump White House press secretary just delivered one of the most openly antisemitic and deranged statements of the year on live television, but Hakeem Jeffries didn’t let it slide.
Leavitt appeared on Fox News this week to comment on the ongoing shutdown, federal layoffs, ICE arrests, and upcoming Trump-Putin meeting. While at it, she was also asked to comment on the channel’s interview with New York Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, who controversially declined to call for Hamas to lay down their weapons and leave the leadership in Gaza. But instead of addressing that nuance, Leavitt saw a fresh opportunity for bigotry.