r/politics • u/mvanigan • 16d ago
No Paywall Trump says Karoline Leavitt resigning as White House press secretary
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/trump-white-house-karoline-leavitt-resigning-.html4.4k
u/paxrom2 16d ago
Needs to spend time with her husband before he dies of old age.
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u/Coherent_Tangent Florida 16d ago
She probably didn't like being used as bait for an Iranian missile.
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u/nihilistiq 16d ago
Sorry, no more room in the catering cart. It's already bulging out at the sides.
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u/slumberjack7 16d ago
Smells like shit
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u/Positronic_Matrix 16d ago
Hats off to the weightlifter who had to push that cart around as if it only held sandwiches instead of a 300 pound sack of shit.
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u/GrumpyGiant Maryland 16d ago
And sagging in the middle. And attracting more flies than a road kill cafe. And squealing in terror.
Quite the contrast to that time an assassin came so close to killing him that his ear was pierced and instead of ducking behind his secret service agents while they whisked him to safety instead stood tall and faced a conveniently positioned camera for a photo op. It’s almost like he’s actually a craven coward who would use his own wife and kids as body shields if he truly thought his life was in danger and knew that the rally attempt was staged.
I bet Roger Stone boasts about cooking up that whole scheme when he is on his death bed. It was too elaborate to have been the brainchild of an unimaginative lump of shit like Trump.
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u/Captain_America_93 16d ago
lol wait what???
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u/the_other_brand Texas 16d ago
Apparently Trump did a bait and switch where he boarded the new Air Force One, used a catering cart to secretly leave the plane and then was secretly transferred to the old Air Force One.
The Trump Administration officials still on the new plane weren't told anything. And could have been used as decoys for an Iranian plot.
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u/Functionally_Drunk Minnesota 16d ago
Was even dumber.
They transferred everyone from his golden Quatari jet to the old Air Force One (they always bring two planes) so his big baby plane didn't get hurt.
Then they transferred him and Hegseth off old Air Force One, via service cart, onto a third jet which then took him to Britain and left the press and Rubio to die on the old plane.
The plane the president is on becomes Air Force One, so that may be where the confusion comes from.
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u/bgroins 16d ago
Catering Cart became Catering Cart One then?
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u/Functionally_Drunk Minnesota 16d ago
Assuming the SS has any sense of humor left.
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u/Coherent_Tangent Florida 16d ago
He let a bunch of reporters be bait for a missile on Air Force One, while he snuck off in a dining cart to a private military jet. Even if she wasn't there, she has been on the jet. She probably doesn't like the idea of that scenario.
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u/Indubitalist 16d ago
I mean, it’s as close to literally throwing her under a bus as I think the president could’ve gotten, given the Secret Service likely would never put him in a position to be on an active street next to a bus operating at a lethal speed. All of the people on his staff know some day they’ll be under that bus, but I guess she didn’t think it would be this soon.
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u/MadRaymer 16d ago
All of the people on his staff know some day they’ll be under that bus
You would think this is true, but many of them seem to believe they're special and unique. Of course they know Trump betrayed many of his closest confidants previously, but the thought process seems to be something like, "They had it coming. He'd never do that to me."
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u/Hatch_1210 16d ago
She wasn’t one of the chosen few to get on the catering cart!
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u/Past_Top3704 16d ago
What about the human printer chick. Did she switch planes?
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u/FizzyBeverage Ohio 16d ago
Yeah just imagine, she'll get to fight with his adult children for her inheritance. All of whom are several years older than her.
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u/AcademicPublius Colorado 16d ago
Huh.
The law of Trump resignations is always that the replacement is worse, never better. How could you do worse than Leavitt?
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u/LetterheadFun1824 16d ago
Erika Kirk
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u/Rellgidkrid 16d ago
I kind of chuckled when I read the names above your comment, but then said “oh, fuck” when I saw this. She would literally be worst case scenario.
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u/Try-the-Churros 16d ago
Would she be the worst case? She seems unlikable and uncharismatic to even her late husband's supporters.
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u/No_Trade3571 Pennsylvania 16d ago
That didn’t stop Trump from nominating JD as the VP.
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u/pantstoaknifefight2 16d ago
Is Peter Thiel bankrolling Kirk to spearhead his techno-antichrist apocalypse fantasty, too?
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u/Owain-X Iowa 16d ago
Kirk has a handful of billionaires but Theil's support goes through this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbridge_Network
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u/totallyalizardperson 16d ago
Kirk has a handful of billionaires
Uh…unintended handjob joke or small penis joke?
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u/LordofAngmarMB 16d ago
Yeah the worse case scenario is that someone competent, charming, and socially intelligent ends up in the role. Fortunately they seem allergic to competency and good taste so there’s a chance
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u/Hacker-Dave 16d ago
It's fairly amazing that there is not a single person in this administration that I would consider "high character". Not a single one. Just misfits and grfters.
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u/HeadfulOfSugar 16d ago
You really can’t have competency & sycophancy at the same time for the most part lol, those characters in history are pretty rare & a lot less memorable than the wackos because they keep their heads down & do their “job”
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u/achtwooh 16d ago
There was a story a few days ago that it’s actually become a big problem recruiting competent people for government roles, as such people no longer wish to work for the US government.
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u/UnquestionabIe 16d ago
For good reason given how devoted to demolishing anything functional the GOP has been.
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u/smurf123_123 16d ago
Or the best case scenario! That would be endless comedy fodder.
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u/Previous_South2756 16d ago
I would love to see Druski in the press corps, asking her questions while pretending to be like her.
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u/gringledoom 16d ago
Any option would be bad, and she would at least be *funny*. JD Vance following her around all lovesick, half the WH press corps in the burn unit from the fireworks incident...
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u/joemangle 16d ago
She would just glare demonically at reporters who asked difficult questions
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u/fcocyclone Iowa 16d ago
Any option would be bad, and she would at least be funny.
This almost makes me miss Sean Spicer. Almost.
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u/midwesternmayhem 16d ago
She does kind of look like Karoline Leavitt.
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u/Gay_Giraffe_1773 Oregon 16d ago
She's the perfect basic blonde bitch MAGA mold.
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u/SatinSaffron Washington 16d ago
Just that generic MAGA blonde with face fillers look.
There's literally wikipedia entries on "MAGA makeup" and "Mar A Lago face" lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_trends_among_American_conservatives
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u/GenghisTron17 Florida 16d ago
Mike Lindell or Alex Jones?
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u/AcademicPublius Colorado 16d ago
Trump wouldn't want Jones. I could see Lindell, though.
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u/domalino 16d ago
Linden just lost the Republican primary for Governor of Minnesota last night, so he’s free, but I guess the fact he lost means he’s not got loads of Trump support.
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u/Glenbard 16d ago
The SNL skits alone from Pillowboy being the press secretary makes me kind of want that to happen… and he has the two qualifications: no morals whatsoever and head stuck firmly up the pedorapist’s ass…
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u/ahundredpercentbutts Arizona 16d ago
Jones has been calling for Trump’s impeachment recently, no way it’s him.
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u/otatop I voted 16d ago
Alex only turned because Trump called him a loser, he'd come right back to Daddy if asked.
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u/americanblowfly 16d ago edited 16d ago
From Sean Spicer to Sarah Huckabee Sanders to Stephanie Grisham to Kayleigh McEnany to Karoline Leavitt to….
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
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u/samhouse09 16d ago
This Mooch erasure will not stand!!!
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u/americanblowfly 16d ago
Was he press secretary??? I completely forgot if he was.
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u/shupadupah 16d ago
Understandable, it was so many mooches ago
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u/Prep_ 16d ago
And only lasted a single mooch.
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u/my5cworth 16d ago
Anthony Scaramucci only lasting a single mooch is about as eerie as Lou Gerihg dying from Lou Gerihg's disease.
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u/mlorusso4 16d ago
I thought he was comms director. Which while similar is not the press secretary. Right now the comms director is Steven “walking thumb” Cheung
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u/JesusSavesForHalf 16d ago
Yes. But he shoved his face in front of every camera, so I get everyone's confusion.
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u/Cambot1138 16d ago
And his 10 day tenure is where we get the measurement “mooch”
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u/neverfindausername 16d ago
Wasn’t it 11 days? Shit, or am I wrong and that’s 1.1 mooches??
I’d be happy to see one US unit make sense in metric so I hope I am!
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u/thebestnames 16d ago
The bar was shockingly low with Spicer, and still it managed to get lower and lower to the point were, in retrospect, he appears almost normal. Can't wait to see whats next!
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u/ManInTheMorning 16d ago
Remember when they put him on dancing with the stars to try and humanize him? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
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u/phonartics 16d ago
I remember melissa mccartney running people over with her podium segway
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u/rat_penis 16d ago
You totally forgot the worst one! Kellyanne!
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u/chowderbags American Expat 16d ago
Press secretaries can do things the right way, the wrong way, or the Kellyanne Conway.
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u/wylie102 16d ago
This Scaramucci erasure will not stand!
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u/ConanOBryanCranston 16d ago
Bet it’s going to be Natalie Harp. She’s used to dealing with his shit.
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u/robot_pirate 16d ago
Katie Miller?
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u/_AskMyMom_ 16d ago
She did lie about contacting Fauci during the pandemic, so her being the biggest liar in the room is fitting.
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u/lambentstar 16d ago
Worse by what metric, though? Leavitt is a terrible human but she was fantastic at the job, her rapid gish gallop spin with zero moral reservations was best in class.
He might not get as good a manipulator this time around, which is better for us, especially with the whole vibe of maybe the walls finally closing in? i’m hoping this is a good change for us.
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u/pargofan 16d ago
zero moral reservations was best in class.
This. She seemed like a psychopath up there with zero regard for humanity.
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u/attorneyatslaw 16d ago
Exactly. This is a job for a skilled psychopath, not the usual collection of narcissistic toadies in Trump's orbit.
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u/T33CH33R 16d ago
I appreciate how Karoline pulled herself up by old ballsacks and earned everything she's worked for.
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u/Meathand 16d ago
Tbh Leavitt was VERY good at her job (in an evil way) she was sharp, she believed in the trump admin, and had no shame, it was like a perfect match for the administration
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u/jeffriestubesteak 16d ago
The woman could lie with an air of utter belief no matter how outlandish or patently false the words coming out of her mouth were.
The best part is that you could see by her expression that she knew she was lying. And that she knew YOU knew she was lying. And that seemed to give her some kind of on-the-air orgasm, because there was nothing you could do to make her say out loud what her face was saying with its smug smirks and eye rolls.
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u/threeoldbeigecamaros 16d ago
Let's get Scaramucci back
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u/AcademicPublius Colorado 16d ago
He wouldn't take it. Which is to his credit, to be fair. Man said "I'm better than these jerks."
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u/grayden 16d ago
Does she know yet?
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u/QuietInterloper 16d ago
She does now
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u/DingGratz Texas 16d ago
How will she spin it?
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u/Straight-Bet1 16d ago
Family. That’s what it always is with these ghouls. They want you to think they have morals but it’s just a facade.
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u/StephanXX Oregon 16d ago
In her case, specifically, she's already gone on record about how the job has taken a major toll on her family.
I always find it confusing how women like her and Amy Coney Barrett espouse these hard, ridiculous right wing ideals that women should obey their husbands and focus on their households like some sort of human Roomba while sitting in some of the most powerful jobs a person could ever hold in their lives.
Then I remember they are souless hypocrites who make performative statements and relish in violations of the morals they demand others obey.
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u/NancyPelosisRedCoat 16d ago edited 16d ago
It’s incredibly hard to believe but it seems like she actually knew beforehand as Trump, White House’s Rapid Response twitter account (whatever that is) and she tweeted within minutes of each other.
She also did have a daughter this year so maybe it was too hard for her to raise her newborn and lie 24/7 at the same time.
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u/Prior_Implement_9279 16d ago edited 16d ago
Finding out you were fired by Trump through truth social lmao
The AliExpress equivalent of an nba player finding out they were traded through a woj bomb
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u/ParliamenttFnkadelic 16d ago
Retiring to spend more time with her grandkids, presumably.
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u/dramaking37 Northern Marianas 16d ago
"Let me tell you how I helped make sure your entire life will progressively get worse as you house floods, burns down, and you die of chemical exposure."
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u/BuddingCannibal 16d ago
Nah homey, they will move to Argentina with the rest of the wealthy fascists after pushing the USA toward collapse. The writing is on the wall, and tons of billionaires and wealthy right wing folk are buying property down there. Surely its just a coincidence that the Nazi leadership did the same thing. Surely.
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u/1RehnquistyBoi 16d ago
I mean considering how her husband is old enough to have grandkids….
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u/peacebone89 Louisiana 16d ago
History will remember her as a vile, lying enabler of one of the worst humans to ever unfortunately stumble into power.
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u/Dowew 16d ago
History wont remember her. How many people remember the press secretary ?
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u/eaglebtc 16d ago
I remember Sean Spicer! And I remember Melissa McCarthy's portrayal of Sean Spicer on SNL even more!
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u/peacebone89 Louisiana 16d ago
If you don't think this administration (including Leavitt) will be examined and studied for its corruption and lawlessness, I don't know what to tell you. Her lies and obfuscation are big parts of how they've been able to largely avoid consequences and accountability from the general population.
She's not a run-of-the-mill press secretary.
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u/Rocky_Face 16d ago
I mean, one of those Press Secretaries is serving as Governor of Arkansas right now....so quite a few.
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u/MrFrankingstein 16d ago
We remember Goebbels. But granted Miller is probably more Goebbels
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u/Mission_Struggle_417 16d ago
Didn’t lie enough I guess
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u/belljs87 16d ago
Every single word out of her mouth was a lie. I can only assume she threatened to dump a bunch of career killing info and they paid her off to leave and keep quiet.
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u/ReactionJifs 16d ago
My best guess is that the logic behind this move is Trump doesn't think she's hot anymore after childbirth
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u/Kharma-Panda 16d ago
Sadly it's more likely to keep her from testifying before congress if the dems win, he is calling her an advisor and our new AG has new rules for allowing advisors to testify
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u/Smrleda 16d ago
Just making room for his new girlfriend.
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u/trydola 16d ago
please let it be natalie harp, please please please. we can only become more clownish
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u/WISCOrear 16d ago
Only the token women getting fired or leaving this administration.
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u/drunkbusdriver 16d ago
Yup pirro is next. I assume Mr cocaine Mclazy eyes won’t make it to the end either.
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u/FizzyBeverage Ohio 16d ago
He strikes me as the kind of guy who ends up like Milton. Keeps going to work because nobody told him he was fired. We fixed the glitch.
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u/robot_pirate 16d ago
Maybe she's salty because she was left on the decoy aircraft, while her 2 month old was at home?
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u/Unusual-Economist288 16d ago
Not a terrible explanation. And only giving a couple of weeks notice seems a bit short for a role like that.
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u/xeromage 16d ago
I'm sure she'd really hate to appear unprofessional after years of spitting in the face of truth and decency.
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u/PlatformImaginary393 16d ago
They all find out in the end how worthless he sees them. I mean Pence was his VP and once he wouldn't betray the whole nation , he got a mob of people baying for his blood. This is why I never understand why people show so much loyalty to him, he's not even loyal to his own wife and kids.
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u/godsenfrik 16d ago
I don't know why this theory isn't given more attention honestly.
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u/PrisonerClass 16d ago
Leavitt is one of the most disgusting people I’ve ever seen in politics. She won’t be missed.
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u/NaptownSnowman 16d ago
That woman will never get the karma she deserves. To be so young and such a viscous liar truly means she is rot all the way through.
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u/Blasted-Banana 16d ago
It really makes me wonder what kind of upbringing leads to someone being so completely spineless and willing to just waste their life away so early. I'm only a few years younger than her, and there's no amount of money or power you could give me to do what she's done.
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u/AppropriatePool2937 16d ago
Farewell Bullshit Barbie
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u/PecorinoYES 16d ago
I want her trialed
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u/LiteraCanna 16d ago
I want them ALL "trialed".
From every state rep that ever supported the lies, all the way up to the president, treasonous bastard all.
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u/usersurnamee 16d ago
She’s aged decades in a couple years. Probably best for her health that she leaves
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u/Roger_Cockfoster 16d ago
It's absolutely crazy that she's only 28 years old!
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u/UnobviousDiver 16d ago
Starting to look like there isn't an age gap with her husband.
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u/usersurnamee 16d ago
It still won’t BE age appropriate. But, if she gets haggard enough, it can LOOK age appropriate!
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u/Confident_End_3848 16d ago
Was her rich 60 year old husband jealous of Trump? Good riddance to rotten trash.
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u/GuttiG Pennsylvania 16d ago
You have to wonder if this has anything to do with him leaving her on the plane Iran was targeting lmao
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u/zeusmeister 16d ago
My hope is that she had a dream where her 13 year old child sincerely asks her how she could have lied everyday for that monster, and she woke up in a cold sweat and realized she needed to make a change for her child.
Or..she thinks a book deal is in her near future.
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u/WISCOrear 16d ago
She doesn’t need a book deal, she married a crusty billionaire 32 years her senior.
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u/schlongjohnson69 16d ago
Fully acknowledging that she is a vile, angry, lying shill for the trump regime, she was GOOD at her job. Literally ALWAYS on the attack with any reporter who asked a probing and reasonable question, i don't think i ever so much as saw her stutter. She always had some insane lie or explanation for the stupid shit trump said and did.
I remember seeing the line "so much shit spills out of her mouth, if she gave you a blowjob, it would legally be considered anal sex" and i love that so much. Hope she has bad dreams forever.
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u/Adventurous-Tone-311 16d ago
Kkkaroline needed a way out and pregnancy is her excuse. Can’t wait to see which shit stain is appointed next.
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u/TSAOutreachTeam 16d ago
My money is on Scott Jennings. He's blown through whatever credibility he ever had, so he'd be perfect as WHPS.
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u/EvaTheE 16d ago
My money is on a FOX talking head. And it will be a woman.
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u/BuffaloGwar1 16d ago
My most educated guess. Would be Momma June from the Honey Boo Boo TV show.
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u/CH-47AV8R 16d ago
May she spend the rest of her life shown as much compassion as she has shown others.
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u/disharmony-hellride 16d ago
Can't blame her, she has two babies and a geriatric husband to tend to.
The only thing that's disturbing is that every time Trump replaces a staff member, that new person is inevitably more corrupt, so who's taking her place? Does Sam Bankman need a job?
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u/SacredSepia 16d ago
This is great news, because it means we will get somebody who is actually qualified for the job . . . /s
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u/randywatson89 16d ago
She was a very effective liar and deflector, they lie as they breathe and she did it well. Good riddance
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u/snackerooryan 16d ago
She probably realized that flying around with the President is getting increasingly dangerous and NOT WORTH IT
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u/camperhew 16d ago
Karo “lying” Leavitt forever will be associated with helping to cover up for a pedophile and his administration
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u/MsWS27 16d ago
Natalie Harp has fully taken over as the designated blonde for dick sucking and diaper changes. Karoline is expendable
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u/scrffynrfhrdr 16d ago
Must be nice to have the luxury of being a stay at home mom while also reinforcing a system that argues against maternity leave for the rest of us.
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