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Miles Archer

(21,884 posts)
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 10:25 AM 5 hrs ago

Karoline Leavitt strongly disapproves of "individuals who are putting their middle finger, proudly so, at the camera..."

Leavitt was criticizing protests against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota when she held up an image showing demonstrators standing beside a damaged car bearing the graffiti “Fuck ICE.”

“You have these individuals who are putting their middle finger, proudly so, at the camera,” Leavitt noted.

Critics were quick to point out the irony, noting that her boss, President Donald Trump, was caught on camera just days earlier flipping off a heckling autoworker and twice telling him, “Fuck you.”

“Who wants to tell her?” one commenter asked on X, formerly Twitter.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/karoline-leavitt-reminder_n_696a0d09e4b0eee204af056d?origin=home-latest-news-unit

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Karoline Leavitt strongly disapproves of "individuals who are putting their middle finger, proudly so, at the camera..." (Original Post) Miles Archer 5 hrs ago OP
She is paid to be the mouth piece of Clueless, Inc. What a crappy job. dutch777 5 hrs ago #1
A blonde bullshit barbie. Like a lot of his lawyers. I'm surprised Trump didn't make Noem dye her hair blonde. ChicagoTeamster 3 hrs ago #8
Bigger question: Did any of the journalists at the press briefing tell her? Or did they all stay silent? chia 5 hrs ago #2
Yo Karoline Blue Owl 5 hrs ago #3
I love that umbrella, lol. Emile 4 hrs ago #7
Karolyin feeling left out? BidenRocks 2 hrs ago #22
Irony Can Be a Funny Thing. MineralMan 5 hrs ago #4
No one said anything about her hypocrisy, right? Boomerproud 5 hrs ago #5
Hey Karoline Historic NY 4 hrs ago #6
Love this MustLoveBeagles 1 hr ago #26
Karoline so wants to be the whore of Babylon in the coming apocalypse. Gaugamela 3 hrs ago #9
And in reality she's the whore of Mr. Ancient Babble-On...... lastlib 3 hrs ago #12
Clever. efhmc 2 hrs ago #21
Thanks for the pretend outrage Miss Information. Ol Janx Spirit 3 hrs ago #10
So why don't you RESIGN, Karo-Lyin'?? lastlib 3 hrs ago #11
Oh waaaaaaah, Karoline. calimary 3 hrs ago #13
KKKaroline... BurnDoubt 2 hrs ago #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Uncle Joe 2 hrs ago #15
Middle Finger Salute gfarber 2 hrs ago #16
She will viciously deny he ever did these gestures. I like Ars Longa 2 hrs ago #17
I bet she knows and gets thrilled with the responses. chowder66 2 hrs ago #18
""Who wants to tell her?" one commenter asked on X" LiberalLovinLug 2 hrs ago #19
reflecting .? AllaN01Bear 2 hrs ago #20
The press should crucify her. nt mr715 2 hrs ago #23
Funny that a person, who walks around with a cross around her neck, has... LudwigPastorius 2 hrs ago #24
Clutching your pearls, Karoline?! Pffftttt. electric_blue68 1 hr ago #25
Does disapproval include that of her lord and savior, TSF? sinkingfeeling 53 min ago #27

ChicagoTeamster

(468 posts)
8. A blonde bullshit barbie. Like a lot of his lawyers. I'm surprised Trump didn't make Noem dye her hair blonde.
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 11:47 AM
3 hrs ago

chia

(2,754 posts)
2. Bigger question: Did any of the journalists at the press briefing tell her? Or did they all stay silent?
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 10:33 AM
5 hrs ago

I think she knew exactly what she was doing.

Ol Janx Spirit

(761 posts)
10. Thanks for the pretend outrage Miss Information.
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:06 PM
3 hrs ago

Do you think they have a sash that says, "Miss Information" that they pass down to each new press secretary?

They really should....

They would probably wear it proudly thinking it was a compliment....

lastlib

(27,616 posts)
11. So why don't you RESIGN, Karo-Lyin'??
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:21 PM
3 hrs ago

If you disapprove so much, why do you continue to work for the slimeball whi DID what you criticize??

Short answer can only be that you're a HYPOCRITE and a friggin' IDIOT!!

BurnDoubt

(1,519 posts)
14. KKKaroline...
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:44 PM
2 hrs ago

You DO know who made a sewer of our public discourse and raised schoolyard trash-talk and Bullying to our Politics. He's a classless Pig.
I suspect he's your "Dream Lover" and you Lie Together.
I hope your sentence is to have to spend the rest of your life sharing a cell together. You deserve each other.

Response to Miles Archer (Original post)

gfarber

(211 posts)
16. Middle Finger Salute
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:57 PM
2 hrs ago


There once was Leavitt, quite stern,
At gestures she wouldn’t discern.
She scolded a crowd
Flipping fingers out loud,
Saying, “Such manners should never return!”

She waved an old photo around,
Of protesters with graffiti profound.
A car battered sore,
With words "FUCK ICE" aimed at ICE on the door—
“Disgraceful!” she scolded, red-faced and wound.

Yet critics all raised an eyebrow,
Recalling a clip from just now:
Her boss on the scene,
Not exactly serene,
With a finger and phrase to allow.

He’d told a heckler off twice,
With language not sugar nor nice.
So the crowd on the net
Didn’t soon let her forget,
That hypocrisy isn’t precise.

“Who’s going to tell her?” they cried,
On X where the snark did reside.
For the finger she feared
Had quite recently appeared—
From the desk on the Oval’s inside.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,587 posts)
19. ""Who wants to tell her?" one commenter asked on X"
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 01:10 PM
2 hrs ago

SO TELL HER!!!

Most reporters are still afraid to upset the Trumpists by confronting them like that.

LudwigPastorius

(14,249 posts)
24. Funny that a person, who walks around with a cross around her neck, has...
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 01:32 PM
2 hrs ago

a job that is based on breaking the Ninth Commandment.

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