Karoline Leavitt Shuts Down Reporter Asking If Trump Thinks Canceling Elections Is Funny': Were You in the Room?'

"In the Reuters interview, published shortly before the press conference, Trump acknowledged Republicans could perform poorly in the midterm elections and cracked that he's accomplished so many already that when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election. Leavitt explained on Thursday that she was present when the president made his comment, and it was clear he was joking."

"After Leavitt first addressed the comment during the press conference, Feinberg followed up by asking if the idea of canceling elections was what the president found to be humorous, saying, Americans for generations have fought and died for democracy. You said he was joking about canceling the elections, but Americans for generations have fought and died for this democracy. Are you saying that the president finds the idea of canceling elections funny? Feinberg asked."

"Andrew, were you in the room? No you weren't. I was in the room. I heard the conversation, and only someone like you would take that so seriously and pose a question in that way, Leavitt said, quickly moving on before Feinberg could ask a planned second question."

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt interrupted and rebuffed a reporter who asked whether President Donald Trump found canceling elections funny. Trump told Reuters he might have accomplished so much that "we shouldn't even have an election," while acknowledging Republicans could perform poorly in the midterms. Leavitt said she was present for the remark and characterized it as a joke and facetious. The Independent's Andrew Feinberg pressed the point by invoking Americans who fought and died for democracy and asking if the president found canceling elections humorous. Leavitt insisted she heard the exchange and dismissed the question as overly serious.

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