Karoline Leavitt brutally slams reporter for comparing Trump to Putin, ‘Gone are the days…’

Karoline Leavitt tore right into a New York Instances journalist for evaluating Donald Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, the White Home press secretary had a heated alternate with Peter Baker, a former Moscow correspondent, after he in contrast the administration’s resolution to grab management of the press pool to the Kremlin’s methods.

White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt brutally slams NYT reporter

“Having served as a Moscow correspondent within the early days of Putin’s reign, this jogs my memory of how the Kremlin took over its personal press pool and made certain that solely compliant journalists got entry,” Barker wrote on X. In continuation of his tweet, the journalist went on to say that the “message is evident.”

Barker went on, “Provided that the White Home has already kicked one information group out of the pool due to protection it doesn’t like, it’s making sure everybody else is aware of that the remainder of us could be barred too if the president doesn’t like our questions or tales.”

Leavitt rapidly shot down Barker’s declare, telling him, “Give me a break, Peter.” “Moments after you tweeted this, the President invited journalists into the Oval and took questions for practically an hour,” she went on.

The White Home press secretary continued to slam the reporter, saying, “Your hysterical response to our lengthy overdue and far wanted change to an outdated group is exactly why we made it.”

“Gone are the times the place left-wing stenographers posing as journalists, corresponding to your self, dictate who will get to ask what,” Leavitt added.

The alternate got here after Leavitt introduced the Trump administration’s transfer to take cost of deciding the pool of reporters who can be allowed to interview the president.

“Shifting ahead, the ‘White Home Press Pool’ shall be decided by the White Home Press Workforce,” she stated on Tuesday, New York Publish reported.