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Jeff Biss's avatar

Leavitt is just goddamned horrible, Baghdad Bob to the core.

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D'lorah Hunt's avatar

If only you could have replied, "Non-responsive. Reclaiming my time" as they do in congressional hearings.

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John Flemer's avatar

Such a good Catholic woman. Ostentatiously wearing her cross necklace while she lies her ass off. Not to mention her child born before she was married. I thought the church frowned on that sort of thing. Also one of the long line of electoral losers (Oz, Lake, Kennedy, Gabbard, Zeldin, et al) in the T-rump administration. Flame out with the electorate, need a job! T-rump’s got one for you.

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Bottamini's avatar

too delicious to not add to this post

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wayne soares's avatar

Atta' way Andrew... even knowing that "Bullshit Barbie" would duck the question. Gotta' get Tim a crack at em'. Keep swinging...

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Kentuckistan's avatar

Its such a bummer when a concise chunk of reality just wanders through the MAGA fantasy show like the proverbial turd in the punchbowl...she has an air of "who are you and how dare you throw down that fact check.....next"

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jane's avatar

leavitt is a great cast member of one the most ghastly realty t.v. shows in history.

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Fiona Hawke's avatar

I am happy to take the small pleasures nowadays and how good was it to see Eggs in the briefing room AND being called on for a question! So proud you got a push-back/follow-up question in as well.

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Hortense's avatar

I want to see the Room Rater's take on the Oval Office.

I am not surprised to see how tacky the Oval Office is becoming. Years ago, on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, they interviewed Trump in his very tacky Trump Tower, I believe.

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Kentuckistan's avatar

google tacky oval office....all that weird golden junk is plastic "detailing" available at Home Depot or goofy Chinese web sites....its plastic junk with "gold" spray paint on it. That is not a joke thats real

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Hortense's avatar

Why am I not surprised that someone who only cares about appearances would use such junk.

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M. Trosino's avatar

They once gave Don Jr. a 0/10. They may have to revise their scoring system to include negative numbers if they want to take on his old man and the Oval Office.

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Hortense's avatar

:)

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Hortense's avatar

Excellent questioning, Andrew. It was politely pointed. Of course, she dodged it.

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Tina Vranich's avatar

"You get the sense she has more fun with the adversarial questions and the opportunity to style on the #fakenews." .... And this is the great tragedy that the so-called 'legacy media' don't understand. Trump would DIE a thousand deaths if ABC, CBS, NBC, WAPO, NYT, WSJ... etc were to stand in solidarity with the likes of the AP and push back against the Trump comms team. They should tell Trump to stick his Oval Office press briefings where the sun don't shine. The idea that he would be happy to be limited to C-team butt-kissers like NEWSMAX and OAN alone is absurd. The A-team guys simply don't understand THEY HAVE THE POWER in this scenario. They have leverage over Trump in a big way because of his desperate need for THEIR attention above all others. If they would only use it. He would cave to them just they way he did to the 'yippy' bond traders. For god's sake, he thinks its 1985 and TIME magazine is the big thing. What a shame they can't see that.

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M. Trosino's avatar

Sadly, their vision is no better than that of a number of Ivy League and other universities and some Big Law law firms. I believe the condition they suffer from is a generalized spinal agenesis, closely linked to another condition known as MSI... Myopic Self-Interest, an ailment itself closely linked to another modern-day malady known as FOMO.

A cure for these afflictions would surely rival a cure for cancer as to the beneficial impact it would have on our society writ large. But with all the cuts to scientific research these days I'm pretty sure we'll end up curing cancer before that ever happens.

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Hannah's avatar

I love how she is so defensive. Her voice makes me want to punch her.

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Carrie Shaw's avatar

Good try, Andrew. Leavitt and the rest of the administration have perfected lying and gaslighting to an astronomical level. It doesn't matter what you ask; they have a completely fictional reply up their sleeve. And when you follow up with facts and another question to clarify, they just lie more emphatically. Honestly, I don't know how these people sleep at night.

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Amy's avatar

Did you catch the segment at the end of Jen Psaki's show last night where she answered a number of reporter questions as the press secretary? You were on there Andrew! She was pretty funny.

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DanceThisMessAround's avatar

Keep pushing Andrew! Excellent work. Five Stars.

As for the press sec, she is very good at her job, she worms her way through the spin with ease. Great question, great follow up. Thank you.

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Andrew Egger's avatar

Honestly of the WH press secretaries I've covered since I got here for Trump 1.0 she may be the best at the job, which is delivering the president's spin confidently and never getting rattled. Much better than Spicer and KJP, better than Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Flip a coin for her vs. Psaki.

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DanceThisMessAround's avatar

I'll take heads for Leavitt! Psaki wouldn't have it in her to lie with such joy! :)

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Gina Burton's avatar

Thank you for continuing to push through all of the muck so that we can stay informed🙏

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