#white-house-press-briefing

#white-house-press-briefing

Leavitt zeroed in on a CNN headline that read: Protests erupt after federal agents shoot man in Minneapolis. Her objection was not that the shooting failed to occur, nor that protests did not follow. Both are undisputed. Instead, Leavitt argued that the chyron failed to reflect what she described as the fuller context behind the incident. That is not the story. That's not the truth, Leavitt said flatly, escalating her critique well beyond a standard complaint about framing or omitted details.

Actually, what she said from the podium is that there was an encouragement of disobeying lawful orders. We actually said the exact opposite. We simply reminded folks of what the Constitution and law require. But again, they're lying and their propaganda and their twisting of the truth is an attempt to silence dissent and to use fear and intimidation. And I frankly just don't do that.

I just wanted to follow up quickly on something that the president had said yesterday. So we heard from Erika Kirk. She said she forgives the man who shot and killed her husband, Landers began, adding: And then right after that, we heard from the president who said, I hate my opponent and I don't want the best for them. How does that square with bringing down the temperature of political violence in this country?