{"id":2538223,"date":"2026-01-15T18:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-absolutely-nukes-reporter-who-tried-to-paint-ice-as-violent-youre-a-left-wing-hack\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T18:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:31:21","slug":"karoline-leavitt-absolutely-nukes-reporter-who-tried-to-paint-ice-as-violent-youre-a-left-wing-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-absolutely-nukes-reporter-who-tried-to-paint-ice-as-violent-youre-a-left-wing-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Leavitt Absolutely Nukes Reporter Who Tried to Paint ICE as Violent: &#8216;You\u2019re a Left-Wing Hack&#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\">32<\/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%2Fkaroline-leavitt-absolutely-nukes-reporter-who-tried-to-paint-ice-as-violent-youre-a-left-wing-hack%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=2538223&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>At a white House briefing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"... Say Biden&#039;s Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">press secretary<\/a> Karoline Leavitt called The Hill reporter Niall Stanage 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; after he questioned how Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem could defend ICE given the recent killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. stanage said an ICE officer acted recklessly and killed Good; Leavitt replied that the question revealed bias and insisted reporters should focus on facts and cases.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes authorities say Good rammed an ICE officer with her car during an operation. Leavitt defended ICE&#8217;s actions and cited other cases of Americans allegedly killed by undocumented immigrants (naming Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray) to argue agents are working to make communities safer.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt also described a separate incident in which an ICE agent shot an undocumented Venezuelan in the leg during a targeted operation after the agent was allegedly ambushed and struck with a shovel or broom; she framed that shooting as self-defense. The exchange, which drew criticism and wider attention on social media, highlighted tensions between the administration, ICE actions, and media coverage.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called a journalist a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >left-wing hack&#038;rdquo<\/a>; after he accused the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week of doing so without justification.<\/p>\n<p>During a Thursday media briefing, The Hill&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/author\/niall-stanage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niall Stanage<\/a> questioned Leavitt about how Department of Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-democrats-tearing-apart-performative-kristi-noem-impeachment-effort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristi Noem<\/a> can defend ICE as performing their job well, when, among other issues, &ldquo;Renee Good was shot in the head and killed by an ICE agent. How does that equate to them doing everything correctly?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why was Renee Good unfortunately and tragically killed?&rdquo; Leavitt asked in response.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Are you asking me my opinion?&rdquo; Stanage replied, and the press secretary said she was.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably,&rdquo; Stanage asserted.<\/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>Good was shot by an ICE officer when she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/celebrities-wear-anti-ice-pins-golden-globes-tribute-renee-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rammed him<\/a> with her car during an operation in Minneapolis last week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oh, OK. So you&rsquo;re a biased reporter with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yet-another-one-of-the-mainstream-medias-walls-are-closing-in-stories-immediately-turned-out-to-be-nonsense\/\" title=\"Yet Another One of the Mainstream ...\u2019s \u201cWalls Are Closing In\u201d Stories Im...tely Turned Out to Be Nonsense\">left-wing opinion<\/a>,&rdquo; Leavitt fired back. &ldquo;Yeah, because you are 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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And you, and the people in the media who have such biases but fake like you&rsquo;re journalists &mdash; you shouldn&rsquo;t even be sitting in that seat, but you&rsquo;re pretending like you are a journalist, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: &#039;Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable&#039;\">left-wing activist<\/a>,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The question that you just raised, and your answer, proves your bias. You should be reporting on the facts. You should be reporting on the cases,&rdquo; Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt scolded a reporter who attempted to paint ICE agents as violent during her daily briefing Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re a left-wing hack. You&rsquo;re not a reporter. You&rsquo;re posing in this room as a journalist.&rdquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M2NT4CLZ06\">pic.twitter.com\/M2NT4CLZ06<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Western Journal (@WesternJournalX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternJournalX\/status\/2011879656266612889?\">January 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The press secretary went on to ask Stanage if he knew the number of Americans killed by illegal aliens.<\/p>\n<p>The reporter mostly stayed quiet, but briefly mouthed something as Leavitt made her points.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I bet you never even read about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-show-shocking-callousness-laken-riley-jocelyn-nungarays-mothers-new-low\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laken Riley<\/a> or Jocelyn Nungaray, or all of the innocent Americans who were killed at the hands of illegal aliens in this country, and the brave men and women of ICE are doing everything in their power to remove those heinous individuals and make our community safer,&rdquo; Leavitt said.<\/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 real, honest journalists.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt also addressed the shooting of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stunning-footage-minneapolis-rioters-break-federal-agents-vehicle-steal-weapon-ammunition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal immigrant<\/a> in the leg by an ICE officer on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This ICE agent was executing a targeted operation against a Venezuelan illegal alien who was unlawfully present in the country &hellip; and when this ICE agent tried to detain the individual, three more of his comrades came rushing out of a house and started ambushing and attacking the ICE agent,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FACTS: SELF DEFENSE ICE SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS LAST NIGHT<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This ICE agent was executing a targeted operation against a Venezuelan illegal alien. 3 more of his comrades came rushing out of a house. They used a shovel or a broom to smash his face in&hellip;that agent had to use self&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DTGvncoPdh\">pic.twitter.com\/DTGvncoPdh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Real America&rsquo;s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealAmVoice\/status\/2011880870605455389?\">January 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They used a shovel or a broom to smash his face in,&rdquo; Leavitt continued. &ldquo;And so yes, that agent had to use self-defense and take up his weapon to protect his own life.&rdquo;<\/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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