{"id":2500258,"date":"2025-10-17T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-and-jeffries-trade-barbs-over-political-violence-and-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T17:53:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T21:53:19","slug":"leavitt-and-jeffries-trade-barbs-over-political-violence-and-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-and-jeffries-trade-barbs-over-political-violence-and-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Leavitt and Jeffries trade barbs over political violence and shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fleavitt-and-jeffries-trade-barbs-over-political-violence-and-shutdown%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=2500258&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 a heated exchange between House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt amid ongoing tensions over political violence and the government shutdown. jeffries criticized Leavitt for her inflammatory remarks accusing the Democratic Party of being comprised of terrorists, violent criminals, and undocumented immigrants. He also condemned recent incidents of political violence, including swastikas found in a Republican Congress member&#8217;s office and antisemitic behavior among Young Republicans. In response, Leavitt doubled down on her comments, accusing Democrats of supporting hamas terrorists, enabling illegal immigration, and promoting soft-on-crime policies. The dispute unfolds against the backdrop of a stalled government shutdown, with Republicans blaming Democrats and refusing to meet their healthcare demands.The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >rhetoric highlights deep partisan divisions<\/a> over issues of security, immigration, and governance.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Leavitt and Jeffries trade barbs over political violence and government shutdown<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2376040\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) singled out White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karoline Leavitt <\/a>on Friday<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a>while speaking about political violence, leading to verbal blows between the two.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries&rsquo;s comments come as both parties spar about violence and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-members-wont-take-pay-during-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Congress members won&#039;t take pay during ...\">ongoing government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3855261\/zelensky-floats-drones-tomahawks-white-house-lunch\/\">Zelensky floats drones for Tomahawks during White House lunch meeting with Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3855282\/watch-live-zelenskyy-holds-press-conference-meeting-trump\/\">WATCH LIVE: Zelensky holds press conference after meeting with Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3855010\/watch-live-zelensky-meets-with-trump-at-white-house\/\">WATCH LIVE: Zelensky meets with Trump at White House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve already seen a rise in political violence and hatred in America, and then you&rsquo;ve got swastikas&nbsp;apparently appearing&nbsp;in the offices of Republican members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Congress<\/a>,&rdquo; Jeffries told reporters on Capitol Hill. &ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got&nbsp;Young Republicans&nbsp;engaging in the&nbsp;most antisemitic and racist speech possible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries was referring to a recent incident in which a flag with a swastika symbol appeared in Rep. Dave Taylor&rsquo;s (R-OH) office, and an inflammatory Young Republicans text group chat. The flag was taken down, and an investigation started while many Young Republicans faced discipline for their words.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And then you&rsquo;ve got Karoline Leavitt, who&rsquo;s sick; she&rsquo;s out of control,&rdquo; Jeffries continued. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not sure whether she&rsquo;s just demented, ignorant, a stone-cold liar, or all of the above. But the notion that an official White House spokesperson would say that the Democratic Party consists of terrorists, violent criminals, and undocumented immigrants, that makes no sense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries appeared to be responding to Leavitt&rsquo;s Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/atrupar.com\/post\/3m3darcsygp2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comments <\/a>in which she said the Democratic Party&rsquo;s &ldquo;main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt responded to Jeffries&rsquo;s comments on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/exclusive-karoline-leavitt-slams-hakeem-jeffries-stone-cold-loser-after-he-attacks-her-demented\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News later <\/a>Friday, saying Jeffries &ldquo;and Democrats are lashing out because they know what I said is true,&rdquo; doubling down.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Democrat Party&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-fires-back-at-stone-cold-loser-hakeem-jeffries-after-his-vicious-personal-attack\/\" title=\"... Fires Back at &#039;Stone-Cold Loser&#039; ... After His Vicious Personal Attack\">elected officials absolutely cater<\/a> to pro-Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals. House Democrats voted against a resolution condemning Hamas following the horrific Oct. 7 terrorist attacks, and Democrats cheered on pro-Hamas radicals while they hijacked America&rsquo;s college campuses and harassed Jewish students,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats opened our borders and allowed tens of millions of illegal aliens into our country over the past four years, including rapists and murderers, because they view them as future voters,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;Democrats coddle violent criminals and support soft-on-crime policies like cashless bail that let violent offenders back on the streets to hurt law-abiding citizens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The government shutdown has both political parties growing tense, with no resolution in sight. Republicans have been unwilling to compromise with Democrats&rsquo; healthcare demands, even though some GOP members like Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marjorie Taylor-Greene<\/a> (R-GA) have agreed that healthcare needs to be addressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3854869\/hakeem-jeffries-threatens-swift-legal-action-mike-johnson-adelita-grijalva-swearing-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JEFFRIES THREATENS &lsquo;SWIFT&rsquo; LEGAL ACTION IF JOHNSON DOESN&rsquo;T SWEAR IN GRIJALVA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leavitt and the Trump administration have overwhelmingly blamed the shutdown on Democrats, even coining it the Sen. Chuck &ldquo;Schumer Shutdown&rdquo; (D-NY).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats do NOT serve the interests of the American people. Hakeem Jeffries is an America Last, stone-cold loser. Now open up the government and stop simping to try to get your radical left-wing base to like you,&rdquo; Leavitt <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PressSec\/status\/1979223039817535647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leavitt and Jeffries clash over political violence, shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2500259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/leavitt-jeffries-e1760733984804.jpg?1760719588&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39629,50470,50576,37043,35049],"class_list":["post-2500258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-government-shutdown","tag-jeffries-2","tag-leavitt-2","tag-political-debate","tag-political-violence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/leavitt-jeffries-e1760733984804.jpg?1760719588&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500258","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=2500258"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2500262,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500258\/revisions\/2500262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2500259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2500258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2500258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2500258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}