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Hakeem Jeffries Is BIG MAD That Karoline Leavitt Got DIRECTLY Over the Target and Carpet Bombed the Dems

Jeffries said Leavitt took Democrats’ past comments out of context and told her to “clean up your own house.”

Hakeem Jeffries Is BIG MAD That Karoline Leavitt Got DIRECTLY Over the Target and Carpet Bombed the Dems
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Apr 28, 2026
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Twitchy criticizes House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for saying White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took Democrats’ past comments out of context during a briefing after an attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The article presents the exchange as a dispute over political rhetoric and civility.

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Hakeem Jeffries Responds to Leavitt’s Blame of Democrats After WHCA Shooting

After the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, Karoline Leavitt blamed Democratic rhetoric; Hakeem Jeffries pushed back and called her a liar. Left-leaning outlets frame Jeffries’s response as exposing a double standard on political violence. Center outlets focus on his rebuke and the exchange of accusations. Right-leaning outlets emphasize his rhetoric and portray his response as hypocritical.

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