"White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt lashed out at a journalist after he asked why the administration is saying that ICE is "doing everything correctly" even after queer mom Renee Good was shot in the face three times by an ICE agent. Leavitt then ranted about how he is a left-wing "hack" who should be reporting administration propaganda instead of asking questions about ICE's brutality."
"'You were just defending ICE agents generally, and earlier on, [Homeland Security] Secretary [Kristi] Noem spoke to the media, and she said, among other things, that they are doing everything correctly,' asked Niall Stenage of The Hill. 'Thirty-two people died in ICE custody last year, 170 U.S. citizens were detained by ICE, and Renee Good was shot in the head and killed by an ICE agent. How does that equate to them doing everything correctly?'"
Karoline Leavitt shouted at a reporter who asked how claims that ICE was "doing everything correctly" squared with deaths and detentions linked to ICE. The reporter, Niall Stenage, cited thirty-two deaths in ICE custody last year, 170 U.S. citizens detained by ICE, and the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent. Leavitt demanded the reporter's opinion, then accused him of being a biased, left-wing "hack" and attacked media credibility. The reporter replied that an ICE agent acted recklessly and unjustifiably in Good's killing. The exchange escalated into public accusations of media bias and partisan attacks.
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