{"id":2538027,"date":"2026-01-15T15:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-suggests-democrats-should-grab-coffee-with-ice-officers\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:20:40","slug":"leavitt-suggests-democrats-should-grab-coffee-with-ice-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-suggests-democrats-should-grab-coffee-with-ice-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Leavitt suggests Democrats should grab coffee with ICE officers"},"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-suggests-democrats-should-grab-coffee-with-ice-officers%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=2538027&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:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >press secretary<\/a> Karoline Leavitt urged Democrats to meet with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border agents after violent clashes in Minneapolis, defending the agencies as patriotic civil servants enforcing the law. She blamed Democratic rhetoric that labels officers &#8220;nazis&#8221; or the &#8220;Gestapo&#8221; for encouraging violence and showed photos of vandalized ICE vehicles and protesters taunting agents. The remarks came amid unrest following an ICE officer&#8217;s fatal shooting of Renee Good and a separate incident in which a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-national-charged-with-having-gun-near-ice-agents-in-chicago\/\" title=\"Foreign national charged with having gun near ... agents in Chicago\">federal officer shot<\/a> an individual described as an undocumented immigrant after an attack; President Trump warned he might invoke the Insurrection Act. During the briefing, reporter Niall Stanage pressed Leavitt about ICE&#8217;s conduct and the number of U.S. citizens detained by the agency; she accused him of bias, called him a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-ted-cruz-plans-resolution-to-support-arms-sales-to-israel\/\" title=\"Sen. Ted Cruz Plans Resolution to Support Arms Sales to Israel\">left-wing hack<\/a>,&#8221; and chastised mainstream media for what she called a crooked view, citing victims Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray.  <\/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 urges Democrats to grab a coffee with an ICE officer before blowing up at &lsquo;left-wing hack&rsquo; 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_2474090\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>White House press secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> implored <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/Democrats\">Democrats<\/a> to spend time with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> following violent clashes between law enforcement officers and protesters in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/Minnesota\">Minnesota<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would encourage Governor [Tim] <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\">Walz<\/a> and other Democrats who are demeaning law enforcement to sit down and have a cup of coffee with an ICE agent or a border patrol agent,&rdquo; Leavitt said during Thursday&rsquo;s White House press briefing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4420424\/watch-live-leavitt-holds-white-house-press-briefing-trump-machado-meeting\/\">WATCH LIVE: Leavitt holds White House press briefing after Trump meets with Venezuelan opposition leader<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4419883\/rfk-jr-calls-trump-diet-diet-coke-candy-unhinged\/\">RFK Jr. calls Trump&#8217;s diet &#8216;unhinged&#8217;: &#8216;I don&#8217;t know how he&#8217;s alive&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4419962\/trump-new-sanctions-iran-officials-deadly-crackdown-protesters\/\">Trump orders new sanctions on Iranian officials coordinating deadly crackdown on protesters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;These are great, patriotic men and women who have families who put on the uniform every day and are following our nation&rsquo;s immigration laws at the direction of their bosses, and again, at the direction of the law,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;They are simply trying to enforce the law, and the Democrat Party has demeaned these individuals. They even refer to them as Nazis and as the Gestapo, and that is absolutely leading to the violence we&rsquo;re seeing in the streets.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4419819\/trump-threatens-minnesota-insurrection-act-second-federal-shooting-reignites-protesters\/\">TRUMP THREATENS MINNESOTA WITH INSURRECTION ACT AFTER SECOND FEDERAL SHOOTING REIGNITES PROTESTERS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Protests in Minneapolis&nbsp;have turned violent after an ICE officer fatally&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4410401\/tim-walz-democrats-trump-propaganda-ice-shooting-minneapolis\/\">shot Renee Good<\/a>, a Minnesota woman accused of trying to kill federal officers. A second shooting occurred on Wednesday evening as a federal officer shot an illegal immigrant in the leg after being attacked. President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act on Thursday morning, claiming that &ldquo;insurrectionists&rdquo; are <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4419819\/trump-threatens-minnesota-insurrection-act-second-federal-shooting-reignites-protesters\/\">causing chaos in the streets.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt slammed the protesters and Democrats for intimidating ICE officers during her briefing. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you look at some of the images out of Minneapolis last night. Look at this vehicle. Look at what it says. It says &lsquo;F*** ICE,&#8217;&rdquo; she said, holding up images to the press corps. &ldquo;You have these individuals who are putting their middle finger proudly so at the camera. Another ICE vehicle that was vandalized last night by these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-shady-left-wing-group-targeting-scotus-justices-and-their-families\/\" title=\"... The Shady Left-Wing Group Targeting SCOTUS Just...s And Their Families\">left-wing agitators<\/a>. People don&rsquo;t do this without encouragement from people in power who make them feel like it&rsquo;s OK.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-shouldn-t-even-be-sitting-in-that-seat\">&lsquo;You shouldn&rsquo;t even be sitting in that seat&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Things grew testy with Leavitt after Niall Stanage, a reporter with the <em>Hill<\/em>, questioned the press secretary about ICE&rsquo;s behavior, including Good&rsquo;s death and the number of U.S. citizens who have been detained by the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt accused Stanage of bias after he claimed that the ICE officer who shot Good acted recklessly.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So you&rsquo;re a biased reporter,&rdquo; she said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You asked me my honest opinion. What do you want me to do?&rdquo; Stanage shot back. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, because you&rsquo;re a left-wing hack. You&rsquo;re not a reporter. You&rsquo;re posing in this room as a journalist, and it&rsquo;s so clear by the premise of your question, and you and the people of the media who have such biases, but fake like you&rsquo;re a journalist, you shouldn&rsquo;t even be sitting in that seat,&rdquo; Leavitt responded. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re pretending that you&rsquo;re a journalist, but you&rsquo;re a left-wing activist,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;And the question that you just raised and your answer proves your bias. You should be reporting on the facts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt then asked Stanage: &ldquo;Do you have the numbers of how many American citizens were killed at the hands of illegal aliens who ICE is trying to remove from this country?&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>She went on to accuse the reporter of not reading about Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray, whom she described as &ldquo;innocent Americans who were killed at the hands of illegal aliens in this country.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Shame on people like you in the media who have a crooked view and have a biased view and pretend like you&rsquo;re a real honest journalist,&rdquo; Leavitt said before moving on to another question. <\/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 tells Democrats: meet ICE; blasts reporter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2538028,"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\/2026\/01\/AP26015670705468.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5118,3685,8364,3813,50576],"class_list":["post-2538027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bipartisanship","tag-democrats","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-leavitt-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26015670705468.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538027","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2538027"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2538032,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538027\/revisions\/2538032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2538028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2538027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2538027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2538027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}