Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared her playbook for handling bad press lessons she learned from President Donald Trump.
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she → share → Trump
“He’d be like, ‘Honey, I’ve been spinning up the press longer than you’ve been alive,” Leavitt said on Fox News Media’s Hang Out with Sean Hannity.
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Leavitt → spin → Hannity
Leavitt spoke with Hannity on a wide range of topics, including Trump’s interactions with reporters, being in the Situation Room during high-stakes operations, and what led to her decision to leave the high-profile role.
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Leavitt has often spoken on how the president would do well as his own press secretary.
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“He taught me, you know, every news cycle comes and goes, like, this too shall pass,” Leavitt said.
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I mean, he has been through so much.
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A lawsuit was filed against Trump by several media organizations after he banned three outlets from the White House for reporting what he called “fake news.”
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MS Now, CNN, and Politico had their credentials revoked and were barred from the grounds.
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Several major television networks are boycotting White House pool coverage in solidarity with CNN, which was part of the White House press pool.
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which → boycott → pool
The TV networks include Fox News, ABC, NBC, and CBS.
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networks → include → News
Leavitt said the president treated everyone with kindness “when he’s one-on-one,” including the media.
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“And I know, not just press, they won’t say it on the record, but off the record they do say, like, how warm he is, how great he is
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,” Leavitt said.
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“He answers their calls.
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I mean, heck, he doesn’t even need a press secretary because he just picks up the phone to reporters and chit-chats with them, you know?
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And they appreciate that.”
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The former press secretary explained how difficult it was to leave her role to be with her children.
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Leavitt recalled watching the assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, live on her TV, three days after having her first child, a son.
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“That was very traumatic,” Leavitt said.
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“And I had a choice to make.
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You know, I had producers calling, ‘Can you come on TV and talk about this?’
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And I felt as though I owed it to the president to do that.
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I mean, he nearly lost his life.
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So, I went back to work in three days.”
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Her son used to cling to her leg as she left for work, and when she had her daughter, Leavitt knew she could not keep juggling both roles.
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“It was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make because I loved my job, and
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I love the president and our team, and I believe so much in what he’s doing,” Leavitt said.
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“But as he jokes, I do love my kids more.”
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