White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt opened Tuesday’s press briefing on a heater, spreading far and wide facts the liberal media have refused to properly spotlight on the meteoric fall of border crossings and then turning to Timcast’s Tim Pool for a question about the liberal media’s coddling of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Before restating the facts about Garcia being far from the innocent Father of the Year-like figure the liberal media have portrayed him as, Pool spoke straight into the eyes of the liberal corporate media when he declared “[m]any of these organizations that are represented in this room have lockstep on false narratives such as the very fine people hoax, the Covington smear, and now what is being called the ‘Maryland man’ hoax.”
He then wondered what Leavitt made of this and if this will spurn more changes in the Briefing Room given their “unprofessional behavior.” Leavitt maintained the administration welcomes “diverse viewpoints,” but wants to empower “unbiased journalists who really care about the truth and the facts and accuracy”:
Despite what The New York Times might try to have one think, Leavitt makes plenty of time for journalists from legacy, liberal outlets. In fact, she went right from Pool to Politico, which had Dasha Burns at the table for questions about trade and the latest “Signal-gate” hubbub:
Following questions to the diverse crew of Fox News Radio, ABC, Timcast, and someone in the BBC/Newsweek seat, NewsNation’s Libbey Dean asked about what some might view as a dichotomy at Health and Human Services:
The great Phil Wegmann at Real Clear Politics came next with one about President Trump’s unprecedented push to remake and shrink the federal government (and then one about Google):
2023 MRC Bulldog Winner and Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan popped up a few minutes later that was somehow the only question in a Briefing Room packed with progressives about Earth Day:
Olohan was also the only reporter to bring up oral arguments at the Supreme Court today about parental rights in education: “I know the Court is hearing a case dealing with parents who don’t want their kids having to read gender ideology books in schools. Can you comment on that case and what the Trump administration hopes to see come from that?”
World Magazine — which had our own Tim Graham as White House correspondent early in the George W. Bush administration — made its Briefing Room debut this year by giving voice to Christians who faced persecution under the Taliban:
Daily Caller’s Reagan Resse kept up the theme of tough questions from the right by wondering how the administration will keep its promises on deporting illegal immigrants if they continue to be stymied by the judicial branch:
In a follow-up, Reese wondered what was the latest on the alleged MS-13 leader arrested a few weeks ago in Northern Virginia: “The DOJ recently dropped charges against the MS-13 leader caught in Woodbridge, Virginia, with the idea that this will expedite the deportation process. Does the administration plan to drop charges against other criminal illegals to speed along the deportation process?”
“You’d have to ask the Department of Justice. Obviously, that’s within their purview, and I can’t speak for them. However, it is our goal to deport as many illegal criminals and aliens from our country as we possibly can as quickly as we can,” Leavitt replied.
After listening to those questions, tell us again how right-of-center reporters aren’t asking real questions.
And not to be left out, Leavitt also called on Gray TV, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and The Epoch Times, and Bloomberg. In other words, outlets representing much of the political spectrum.
To see the relevant transcript from the April 22 briefing, click here.
