Take It or Leavitt
Some days ago, before stepping into the White House briefing room, Karoline Leavitt took a few moments to pray. “Lord Jesus, please give us the strength, the knowledge, the ability to articulate our words,” she said. Leavitt—who, at twenty-seven, is the youngest person to hold the position of press secretary—wore a short-sleeve gray Chanel-inspired dress, and held a stack of papers. She is Catholic. She looked happy, as she always does, fresh and relaxed. But inside the briefing room, the mood was entirely different.
Related Knowledge Center: The White House vs. the press
Whether it’s the Des Moines Register’s publication of an unfavorable election poll, a routine edit of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, or the Associated Press’s decision in its authoritative stylebook to continue to use “Gulf of Mexico,” Donald Trump and the White House have used executive authority and legal reprisals in an effort to punish and suppress press coverage that runs contrary to the administration’s preferred narratives.
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