{"id":2685554,"date":"2026-10-16T09:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-puts-jimmy-kimmel-in-his-place-after-cheap-shots-at-new-press-secretary-katie-zacharia\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T09:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:58:07","slug":"white-house-puts-jimmy-kimmel-in-his-place-after-cheap-shots-at-new-press-secretary-katie-zacharia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-puts-jimmy-kimmel-in-his-place-after-cheap-shots-at-new-press-secretary-katie-zacharia\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Puts Jimmy Kimmel in His Place After Cheap Shots at New Press Secretary Katie Zacharia"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fwhite-house-puts-jimmy-kimmel-in-his-place-after-cheap-shots-at-new-press-secretary-katie-zacharia%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=2685554&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 the reaction of the White House to comedian Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s derogatory remarks about new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia. Kimmel&#8217;s comments included making fun of her appearance and abilities, labeling her as inexperienced and mocking her first briefing as brief and unprofessional. The White House responded dismissively,calling Kimmel a &#8220;no-talent loser&#8221; and criticizing his credibility.The article highlights Zacharia&#8217;s background, including her legal education, brief legal practice, and personal life, portraying her as capable and likable.It also notes Kimmel&#8217;s long-standing pattern of mocking political figures and his overall negative tone toward the 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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?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\" ?><html><body><\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The White House clapped back after ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel took some characteristic cheap shots at White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia.<\/p>\n<p>Zacharia took over the new post Monday after Trump announced her appointment on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, she gave her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-offers-white-house-press-secretary-job-conservative-commentator-former-dhs-official-katie-zacharia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first briefing<\/a>, which was kept short ahead of the president\u2019s departure for a campaign swing that took him to Alaska, Arizona, and Montana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to introduce you to the new kid in Trump land. It was the first day of kindergarten for the new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia,\u201d Kimmel said during his Tuesday night monologue.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, saying of the White House, \u201cEvery six months they bring in a new fawning blonde dolt to add to the rotation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So Kimmel\u2019s monologue is already going toward the gutter quickly by describing Zacharia as a dumb blonde.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings did not get off to a great start for Malibu Katie today,\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cHer first briefing was brief. It was only 14 minutes long. But even in that short time, she accomplished exactly what she was brought in to do, which is slobber a whole tube of lip gloss all over the president\u2019s behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What is wrong with this guy? That\u2019s humor?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/25PihIm_Nd0?si=YGcKY3M7su4qo4Lx&#038;start=40\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>White House spokesman Davis Ingle responded in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/white-house-laughs-off-beclowned-jimmy-kimmel-crude-personal-jabs-new-press-secretary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> to Fox News, saying, \u201cJimmy Kimmel is a no-talent loser who has beclowned himself with tanking ratings and by spewing disgusting lies to his dwindling audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is so devoid of actual talent that nobody with any common sense would ever watch him unless it was to laugh at his miserable failures,\u201d Ingle added.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel went on to air a clip of Zacharia from her first briefing, during which she delivered some prepared remarks and took a few questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer reading is good for an 11-year-old. He hired a fourth grader to be press secretary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Zacharia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKNO0JiCRh4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Real America\u2019s Voice host Jack Posobiec on Thursday that her plan for her first day\u2019s briefing was to keep it short since Trump planned to take questions from reporters soon thereafter on the South Lawn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s his own best spokesperson,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Further, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jen-psaki-gets-tough-reality-check-catty-shot-katie-zacharias-white-house-press-briefing-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zacharia<\/a> noted that White House briefings are generally in the afternoon, so the press secretary has ample time to connect with various people in the administration before taking to the podium.<\/p>\n<p>That opportunity was not available on Tuesday, which was another reason to keep it short.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PKNO0JiCRh4?si=KYdIXFVhUKtwihBD&#038;start=930\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kimmel also sought to make something of Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-offers-white-house-press-secretary-job-conservative-commentator-former-dhs-official-katie-zacharia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">describing<\/a> Zacharia as a lawyer when she was appointed to the position.<\/p>\n<p>She graduated from Pepperdine Law School in 2011, but soon thereafter married and moved to China, where her new husband worked abroad with a U.S. equity firm.<\/p>\n<p>Zacharia took the California Bar one time amid the transition and failed it.<\/p>\n<p>California consistently has the lowest bar passage rate in the country. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calbar.ca.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/portals\/0\/documents\/admissions\/Examinations\/GBX-Passrate-Summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">54.8 percent<\/a> in July 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had already pre-registered to take the bar, and I didn\u2019t want to withdraw from that,\u201d she told Posobiec.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was obviously incredibly distracted and overwhelmed and excited for finally being married to someone who I\u2019d been long distance from for at least a year, a year and a half when you include the engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just said, let\u2019s take this time, and I\u2019ll take the bar and see what happens,\u201d Zacharia recounted. \u201cThe results are somewhat inconsequential because I knew I wouldn\u2019t need the bar in China. And we left shortly thereafter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then practiced law with a firm in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republicans-sending-wrong-messages-ahead-crucial-midterms-recent-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Posobiec<\/a> asked why she didn\u2019t take the bar again when she and her husband moved back to the United States, and Zacharia explained that she was pregnant with their first child.<\/p>\n<p>They had four kids over the next six years, so she never went back to practicing law.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel was once again doing what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jimmy-kimmel-plays-victim-as-he-misleads-viewers-about-why-he-cant-air-james-talarico-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kimmel<\/a> does, which is lobbing cheap shots at the president and his team. His Trump Derangement Syndrome never abates.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see how Zacharia does over time. 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