{"id":2446149,"date":"2025-06-11T19:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T23:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-dismayed-after-karoline-leavitt-crushes-her-what-a-stupid-question\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T20:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T00:00:47","slug":"reporter-dismayed-after-karoline-leavitt-crushes-her-what-a-stupid-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-dismayed-after-karoline-leavitt-crushes-her-what-a-stupid-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporter Dismayed After Karoline Leavitt Crushes Her: &#8216;What a Stupid Question&#8217;"},"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\">22<\/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%2Freporter-dismayed-after-karoline-leavitt-crushes-her-what-a-stupid-question%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=2446149&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>The article discusses an exchange between White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-taps-kamala-harris-to-lead-administrations-voting-rights-efforts-as-democratic-hopes-fizzle-in-senate\/\" title=\"Biden Taps Kamala Harris To Lead Administration\u2019s Voting Rights Efforts As Democratic Hopes Fizzle In Senate\">jasmine wright<\/a> during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-criticizes-taliban-for-failing-to-meet-commitments\/\" title=\"Pentagon criticizes Taliban for failing to meet commitments\">media briefing<\/a>. Wright questioned whether President Trump supports peaceful protests considering an upcoming military celebration parade. Leavitt affirmed Trump&#8217;s support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-gaetz-highlights-possibility-antifa-infiltrated-trump-march\/\" title=\"Rep. Gaetz highlights possibility Antifa infiltrated ... march\">peaceful demonstrations<\/a> while expressing disbelief at the question, calling it &#8220;stupid.&#8221; This comment visibly flustered Wright, prompting a discussion about the dynamics between the Trump management and the media. The article suggests that many have grown weary of anti-Trump sentiments and are more focused on tangible outcomes, arguing that Americans prefer facts about economic stability over political biases. The piece concludes by emphasizing the importance of assessing the administration&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gofundme-yanks-page-run-by-virginia-parents-fighting-woke-curriculum\/\" title=\"GoFundMe Yanks Page Run by Virginia Parents Fighting Woke Curriculum\">actions based<\/a> on their results rather than on sensational questioning.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who&rsquo;s followed President Donald Trump already knows that he enjoys employing strong-willed women throughout his administration.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kayleigh-mcenany-rips-reporters-failing-mention-children-killed-july-4th-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first term<\/a> and continuing into his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pam-bondi-drops-american-bar-association-ends-special-treatment-doj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second one<\/a>, Trump has deployed plenty of women who have no problem clapping back &mdash; especially at the establishment media.<\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s current White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, is seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-karoline-leavitt-uses-ap-photo-fire-back-reporters-ridiculous-south-africa-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cut from that same cloth<\/a>, as one dismayed reporter learned Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>During the White House media briefing, Jasmine Wright, a NOTUS reporter who cut her teeth at CNN, asked Leavitt whether Trump supports peaceful protests, potentially against this coming Saturday&rsquo;s highly anticipated military celebration parade. (Note: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NOTUS<\/a> stands for &ldquo;News of the United States,&rdquo; according to the organization&rsquo;s website.)<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president absolutely supports peaceful protests,&rdquo; Leavitt <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1932866877589540907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a>. &ldquo;He supports the First Amendment, he supports the right of Americans to make their voices heard.<\/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\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He does not support violence of any kind. He does not <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >support assaulting law enforcement officers<\/a> who are simply trying to do their job.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s very clear for the president what he supports and what he does not. Unfortunately for Democrats, that line has not been made clear, and they&rsquo;ve allowed this unrest and this violence to continue and the president has had to step in.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So if there were peaceful protests on Saturday for the military parade, President Trump would allow it?&rdquo; Wright asked in follow-up.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Of course the president supports peaceful presidents,&rdquo; a slightly incredulous-sounding Leavitt responded. &ldquo;What a stupid question.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A viral clip of this exchange, d by Trending Politics co-owner Collin Rugg, added a little more context, showing that Wright was clearly miffed at Leavitt&rsquo;s last quip.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out for yourself below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: White House reporter visibly flustered after Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt calls her question &ldquo;stupid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Reporter: Will President Trump allow peaceful protests at the military parade on Saturday?<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt: &ldquo;Of course the President supports peaceful protests. What a stupid&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9D7tVNg9MQ\">pic.twitter.com\/9D7tVNg9MQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1932859224452968532?\">June 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After having her question called stupid, Wright made a face and flicked her hair.<\/p>\n<p>Look, it&rsquo;s hard to drum up much sympathy for Wright, given what&rsquo;s been discussed above: She should know better.<\/p>\n<p>And I&rsquo;m not even talking about her sad attempt at a &ldquo;gotcha&rdquo; question (for what it&rsquo;s worth, NOTUS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/trump-white-house\/karoline-leavitt-peaceful-protests-trump-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> this straight when it covered the event) against the typically steely Leavitt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-abc-reporter-let-go-attack-trump-stephen-miller-woke-media-realize-losing-culture-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The winds are changing<\/a>. Rampant anti-Trumpism is a relic of the 45th presidential administration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s dominating electoral victory in November cemented that the American majority wanted this guy to try and right the ship.<\/p>\n<p>People stopped caring about anti-Trumpism (well, those with more than two brain cells) and simply want the facts. Is the country getting better? Can I afford next month&rsquo;s utilities? Do I have to keep cutting out certain items from my grocery list?<\/p>\n<p>Stop trying to push this clearly debunked notion that Trump is some sort of dictator &mdash; which Wright&rsquo;s questioning clearly was leaning toward &mdash; on the cusp of unraveling the Constitution, when he&rsquo;s clearly just a president trying to help the most Americans he can over the next four years.<\/p>\n<p>Will he bat 1.000? Of course not &mdash; not even Reagan did that.<\/p>\n<p>But Americans are ready to let Trump&rsquo;s actions speak for themselves and judge the end results based on what they see.<\/p>\n<p>They &mdash; and the Trump administration &mdash; don&rsquo;t want to hear this other drivel from the establishment.<\/p>\n<p>Good.<\/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; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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From his first term to the current one, Trump has appointed many assertive women who aren&#8217;t afraid to challenge the mainstream media. His current White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, exemplifies this attitude, as a reporter discovered during a recent briefing. When Jasmine Wright from NOTUS asked if Trump supports peaceful protests related to an upcoming military parade, Leavitt affirmed that he does and emphasized his support for the First Amendment and peaceful expression. She also made it clear that Trump does not condone violence or assaults on law enforcement. When Wright pressed further about whether peaceful protests would be allowed at the parade, Leavitt responded incredulously to what she deemed a &#8220;stupid question.&#8221; This exchange went viral after being shared by Trending Politics co-owner Collin Rugg, highlighting Wright&#8217;s visible frustration at Leavitt&#8217;s remark. Despite her attempt at a challenging question, it&#8217;s hard to feel sympathy for Wright given her approach; many are more interested in practical issues than political drama surrounding Trump&#8217;s presidency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2446150,"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\/06\/NOTUS-vs-Leavitt-on-peaceful-protests.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50410,32435,37043,40070,5046],"class_list":["post-2446149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-controversy-2","tag-karoline-leavitt","tag-political-debate","tag-press-coverage","tag-reporter"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NOTUS-vs-Leavitt-on-peaceful-protests.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446149","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=2446149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446153,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446149\/revisions\/2446153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2446150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}