{"id":2501094,"date":"2025-10-20T14:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-stands-firm-on-exchange-with-left-wing-hack-reporter\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T14:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:04:29","slug":"leavitt-stands-firm-on-exchange-with-left-wing-hack-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-stands-firm-on-exchange-with-left-wing-hack-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Leavitt stands firm on exchange with &#8216;left-wing hack&#8217; reporter"},"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\">18<\/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-stands-firm-on-exchange-with-left-wing-hack-reporter%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=2501094&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>White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arres...d For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Ha...s President Trump, &#039;Trump is a Tyrant&#039; (VIDEO)\">press<\/a> secretary Karoline Leavitt engaged in a sharp exchange with Huffington Post reporter S.V. D\u00e1te, whom she accused of frequently sending her Democrat talking points and being a biased, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-americans-killed-by-coronavirus-in-20-days-under-biden-than-died-in-vietnam-war-media-grilled-trump-over-same-milestone\/\" title=\"More Americans Killed By Coronavirus In 20 Days Under Biden Than Died In Vietnam War; Media Grilled Trump Over Same Milestone\">left-wing journalist<\/a>. When D\u00e1te asked about the choice of Budapest as the location for a summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the Ukraine war, Leavitt responded sarcastically with a &#8220;your mom&#8221; joke. She further criticized D\u00e1te on social media, calling him an activist masquerading as a reporter who attacks Trump consistently.D\u00e1te responded by asking her to answer his question. This interaction is part of a broader pattern of Trump administration officials engaging in online feuds with the press.  <\/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 stands firm on exchange with &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-ted-cruz-plans-resolution-to-support-arms-sales-to-israel\/\" title=\"Sen. ...d Cruz Plans Resolution to Support Arms Sales to Israel\">left-wing hack<\/a>&#038;rsquo<\/a>; reporter<\/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_2361913\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3855813\/white-house-responds-press-inquiries-your-mom-jokes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> revealed her full response to a reporter who she accused of &ldquo;constantly bombarding [her] phone with Democrat talking points.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>HuffPost<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/trump-putin-budapest_n_68f165cce4b017d85b74991b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em> <\/em>reached out<\/a> to the Trump administration over the weekend to inquire about who had picked Budapest as the location for the summit to host negotiations between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine. Leavitt responded sarcastically to reporter S.V. D&aacute;te, writing that &ldquo;your mom&rdquo; picked the location.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3856773\/watch-live-trump-meets-australian-prime-minister-white-house\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump meets with Australian PM at White House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3856554\/trump-teases-new-colombia-tariff-drug-trafficking\/\">Trump teases new Colombia tariff over drug trafficking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3856534\/trump-boards-air-force-one-using-small-stairs-after-hunting-stand-found-at-airport\/\">Trump boards Air Force One using small stairs after hunting stand found at airport<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Leavitt suggested <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PressSec\/status\/1980288128867877125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in an X post Monday<\/a> that others &ldquo;take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/svdate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@svdate&rsquo;s<\/a> feed&rdquo; because &ldquo;it reads like an anti-Trump personal diary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For context, S.V. D&aacute;te of the Huffington Post is not a journalist interested in the facts. He is a left-wing hack who has consistently attacked President Trump for years and constantly bombards my phone with Democrat talking points,&rdquo; Leavitt wrote. &ldquo;Activists who masquerade as real reporters do a disservice to the profession.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For context, S.V. D&aacute;te of the Huffington Post is not a journalist interested in the facts. He is a left-wing hack who has consistently attacked President Trump for years and constantly bombards my phone with Democrat talking points.<\/p>\n<p>Just take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/svdate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@svdate<\/a>&rsquo;s feed, it reads&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NxWn2mdUsa\">https:\/\/t.co\/NxWn2mdUsa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v7owI5N4us\">pic.twitter.com\/v7owI5N4us<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1980288128867877125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Leavitt&rsquo;s X post included a screenshot of her full correspondence with D&aacute;te. Leavitt told the reporter, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s funny to me that you actually consider yourself a journal [sic]. You are a far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-prosecutor-asked-to-reimburse-county-for-using-foia-requests-to-target-political-opponents\/\" title=\"Soros-Backed Prosecutor Asked to Reimburse County for Using FOIA Requests to Target Political Opponents\">left hack<\/a> who nobody takes seriously, including your colleagues in the media, they just don&rsquo;t tell you that to your face.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Stop texting me your disingenuous, biased, and bull**** questions,&rdquo; Leavitt added.<\/p>\n<p>D&aacute;te continued the spat on X and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/svdate\/status\/1980292980486611349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">responded to Leavitt&rsquo;s post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Feel better now?&rdquo; D&aacute;te wrote. &ldquo;Now can you answer the question? Please and thank you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Feel better now?<\/p>\n<p>Now can you answer the question?<\/p>\n<p>Please and thank you.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; S.V. D&aacute;te (@svdate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/svdate\/status\/1980292980486611349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3855813\/white-house-responds-press-inquiries-your-mom-jokes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE RESPONDS TO PRESS INQUIRIES WITH &lsquo;YOUR MOM&rsquo; JOKES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>White House spokesman Steven Cheung also responded to reporters&rsquo;s questions with a &ldquo;your mom&rdquo; joke.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt joins several members of the Trump administration who have not shied away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3340075\/democrats-eye-republican-success-social-media-messaging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online feuds<\/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 defends clash with &#8216;left-wing hack&#8217; reporter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2501095,"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\/AP25265664807518.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4063,50576,5129],"class_list":["post-2501094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-exchange","tag-leavitt-2","tag-left-wing"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25265664807518.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501094","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2501094"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501098,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501094\/revisions\/2501098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2501095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}