{"id":2430142,"date":"2025-05-02T09:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-leavitt-tries-to-keep-straight-face-but-cracks-as-miller-lowers-the-boom-on-helpless-reporters\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T09:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T13:19:09","slug":"watch-leavitt-tries-to-keep-straight-face-but-cracks-as-miller-lowers-the-boom-on-helpless-reporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-leavitt-tries-to-keep-straight-face-but-cracks-as-miller-lowers-the-boom-on-helpless-reporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Leavitt Tries to Keep Straight Face but Cracks as Miller Lowers the Boom on Helpless Reporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-leavitt-tries-to-keep-straight-face-but-cracks-as-miller-lowers-the-boom-on-helpless-reporters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2430142&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-refuses-to-denounce-antifa-despite-group-continuing-to-wreak-havoc-across-u-s\/\" title=\"... refuses to denounce Antifa despite group continuing to wreak havoc across U.S.\">recent press briefing<\/a>, White House deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller delivered a strong rebuke to the media, particularly in response to a question regarding the potential repatriation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a suspected MS-13 gang member, from El Salvador. The question, posed by CBS correspondent Weijia Jiang, seemed to imply sympathy toward Abrego garcia, despite his violent history. Miller criticized the media for ignoring the dangers posed by foreign gangs like MS-13, which he equated to terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda and ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>He accused the media of siding with these groups while living far removed from the communities affected by violence, highlighting the disconnect between their coverage and the realities faced by Americans. Miller&#8217;s impassioned comments,which included references to victims harmed by illegal immigrants,garnered a reaction from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">white house<\/a> Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt,who appeared to appreciate his confrontational style. The exchange underscored the administration&#8217;s stance against gang violence and its criticisms of media narratives that, according to Miller, downplay the risks to American citizens.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt couldn&rsquo;t help but smile when watching the epic media smackdown served up by her colleague.<\/p>\n<p>Although she usually delivers the tongue-lashings and one-liners, Leavitt seemed to enjoy being front and center while White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller did the job <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-miller-slams-medias-hypocrisy-shilling-abrego-garcia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quite nicely<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During Thursday&rsquo;s press briefing, a reporter asked whether President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration was &ldquo;inquiring&rdquo; about bringing suspected MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the U.S. after he was sent to a prison in El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is that to check a box for compliance, or does President Donald Trump want him back on U.S. soil, or both?&rdquo; CBS White House correspondent Weijia Jiang goaded Miller.<\/p>\n<p>(This reporter echoed the sentiments of other leftists who have taken up Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s cause, even though he&rsquo;s known to be &ldquo;a violent illegal alien who abuses women and children,&rdquo; a Department of Homeland Security official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dhs-reveals-disturbing-new-discovery-kilmar-abrego-garcias-past-country-safer-gone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> recently.)<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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that Trump has since designated as a foreign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-gets-creative-dusts-off-rarely-used-law-1700s-get-around-dems-protecting-illegals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrorist<\/a> organization.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tren de Aragua has the same legal status as Al-Qaeda and ISIS. MS-13 has the same legal status as Al-Qaeda and ISIS,&rdquo; Miller said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These are foreign terrorists operating on our soil, and our gratitude to El Salvador for agreeing to take custody of these terrorists is immense,&rdquo; Miller added.<\/p>\n<p>He also slammed the media for ignoring the &ldquo;Americans that were raped and tortured and murdered by the illegals that Biden was importing into our country,&rdquo; including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mother-jocelyn-nungaray-fires-back-cowardly-democrats-antics-trumps-address\/\">Jocelyn Nungaray<\/a>, whose life was taken by two illegal aliens.<\/p>\n<p>Miller pointed out that Trump had to &ldquo;shame&rdquo; the media into finally covering her story.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt mostly looked on as he rightfully chided the reporters &mdash; until Miller turned the tables on the media.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And each and every one of you that sides over and over again with these MS-13 terrorists to the extent that you have the financial means to do so, you all choose to live in condos or homes or houses as far away from these kinds of gangbangers as you possibly can,&rdquo; Miller told them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If I offered any one of you a rent-free home with no taxes to pay in any of these gang neighborhoods and I said, &lsquo;Your neighbors are MS-13 terrorists or Mexican mafia or Sinaloa Cartel or Tren de Aragua,&rsquo; I couldn&rsquo;t pay you to live there,&rdquo; Miller charged.<\/p>\n<p>Such an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-john-kerry-confronted-embarrassing-truth-justifies-15-seconds-mental-gymnastics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honest<\/a> scenario caused Leavitt to let a smile escape before quickly catching and composing herself again.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But yet you, with your coverage, are trying to force innocent Americans to have these people as their neighbors, and that one day their daughter may be abducted from their home and raped and murdered,&rdquo; Miller went on.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So you&rsquo;re not going to get an ounce of sympathy from this administration or President Trump for the terrorists who&rsquo;ve invaded our homes and our country,&rdquo; Miller drove the point home.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NJkZT51VADc?si=PgQJiAHZGiaATblx&amp;start=1910\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Usually the poised professional, Leavitt&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">poker face slipped momentarily<\/a> when Miller painted such an honest picture of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>These people deserve all of the derision from Miller and more.<\/p>\n<p>From the safety of their gated communities and doorman buildings, these reporters are far removed from the chaos for which they crusade with their skewed coverage.<\/p>\n<p>They are eager to defend, excuse, and rally behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-agents-photographed-kneeling-george-floyd-protest-get-brutal-news-kash-patel-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worst criminals<\/a> if it creates an opportunity to smear Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>They don&rsquo;t care about the victims of crime, those hurt by illegal alien gangs, or the cities that are turned into warzones because of the so-called values they champion.<\/p>\n<p>These reporters with their soft-headed leftist ideals wreak havoc on ordinary Americans, but they remain blissfully undisturbed and unaware.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that they can&rsquo;t get away with that anymore with Trump in the White House and people like Leavitt and Miller in the briefing room, and that&rsquo;s definitely something to smile about.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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Typically the one delivering sharp remarks, Leavitt appeared to relish being in the spotlight while White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller handled the situation adeptly. During a press briefing on Thursday, a reporter questioned whether President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration was &#8220;inquiring&#8221; about repatriating suspected MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador after his imprisonment there. CBS correspondent Weijia Jiang pressed Miller, asking if this was merely for compliance or if Trump genuinely wanted him back in the U.S., echoing sentiments from others advocating for Abrego Garcia despite his violent criminal history, as noted by a Department of Homeland Security official. <\/p>\n<p>Miller&#8217;s response not only addressed Jiang but also highlighted how reporters had overlooked the dangerous impact foreign gangs have had under former President Joe Biden\u2019s administration. He emphasized that groups like Tren de Aragua and MS-13 are classified as foreign terrorist organizations and expressed gratitude to El Salvador for accepting these criminals back. He criticized media outlets for ignoring victims harmed by illegal immigrants brought into the country during Biden&#8217;s tenure, including Jocelyn Nungaray, who was murdered by two undocumented individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Miller pointed out that Trump had to pressure journalists into covering such stories and challenged them directly about their distance from gang violence while advocating for policies that could endanger American communities. His candid remarks momentarily broke Leavitt\u2019s composed demeanor as he painted a stark picture of reality\u2014one where reporters live far removed from those they defend while pushing narratives that could jeopardize innocent lives.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that with Trump in office and figures like Leavitt and Miller at press briefings, such evasions won&#8217;t go unchallenged anymore\u2014a fact worth celebrating<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2430143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Leavitt-Miller.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50576,14964,4738],"class_list":["post-2430142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-leavitt-2","tag-miller","tag-reporters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Leavitt-Miller.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2430142"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2430146,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430142\/revisions\/2430146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2430143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2430142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2430142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2430142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}