{"id":27364,"date":"2025-05-11T00:06:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T00:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27364"},"modified":"2025-05-11T00:06:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T00:06:46","slug":"cnn-feels-the-wrath-of-karoline-leavitt-as-she-brands-interview-despicable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27364","title":{"rendered":"CNN feels the wrath of Karoline Leavitt as she brands interview \u2018despicable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Karoline\u00a0Leavitt went off on CNN for airing an interview\u00a0with a member of the Sinaloa Cartel after Trump branded the group a foreign terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">The White House Press Secretary shared her distaste for the coverage in an appearance on the Fox News program Hannity on Monday, particularly over the network \u201cgiving a platform\u201d to a member of a Mexican cartel<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">The interview in question aired on Sunday and featured CNN\u2019s Isobel Yeung speaking on camera with a member of the Sinaloa Cartel, whose identity and voice were obscured. President Trump recently signed an executive order to designate drug cartels as terrorist groups and their members as terrorists. It came just hours after\u00a0CNN interrupted a show for a breaking news announcement in a major blow to Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\"><\/div>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">As press secretary, Karoline has been peddling the president\u2019s narrative that Latino immigrants are violent criminals and should be deported without due process.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Since Trump took office in January, the Department of Homeland Security has deported over 150,000 undocumented immigrants, and border patrol agents have stopped over 230,000 pounds of the deadly drug fentanyl from entering the US.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">\u201cI was actually scrolling on Instagram when I came across this interview, and it stopped me in my tracks,\u201d Karoline said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-read-break\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">\u201cNot just because they sat down with a member of a Mexican cartel that is now designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States government, but because of the nature of the questions of this notorious foreign terrorist,\u201d Karoline continued.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"article-image-height-wrapper expandable article-image-height-wrapper-new\" data-customhandled=\"true\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;OpenModalButton&quot;,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.i&quot;:&quot;AA1EmjSQ&quot;,&quot;c.l&quot;:false,&quot;c.t&quot;:13,&quot;c.v&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;c.c&quot;:&quot;newsus&quot;,&quot;c.b&quot;:&quot;The Mirror US&quot;,&quot;c.bi&quot;:&quot;AA1eCsaE&quot;,&quot;c.tv&quot;:&quot;politics&quot;,&quot;c.tc&quot;:&quot;government&quot;,&quot;c.hl&quot;:&quot;CNN feels the wrath of Karoline Leavitt as she brands interview 'despicable'&quot;}\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image article-image-ux-impr article-image-new expandable\" title=\"Sinaloa Cartel member\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1EmjSI.img?w=768&amp;h=511&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Sinaloa Cartel member\" \/><\/button><br \/>\n<span class=\"image-caption\">Sinaloa Cartel member<\/span><span class=\"image-attribution image-attribution-ux-impr\">\u00a9\u00a0CNN<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-11\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">During the sit-down, Isobel asked: \u201cAccording to the Trump Administration, you are a terrorist. What do you make of that?,\u2019 to which he responded, \u201cWell, the situation is ugly, but we have to eat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">When she asked what his message would be to the president if he were to watch the interview, the man responded: \u201cMy respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">\u201cAccording to him, \u2018he\u2019s looking out for his people,\u2019 he explained, But the problem is the consumers are in the United States. If there weren\u2019t any consumers, we would stop,\u201d he said, referring to the opioid epidemic in the US.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">The press secretary slammed the network for broadcasting the conversation. \u201cIt was a softball interview,\u201d she said, \u201cgiving a platform to a notorious drug cartel that has killed American citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">\u201cI thought it was quite despicable. But again, this is just another reason why the trust in the legacy media is at an all-time low amongst the American public,\u201d the 27-year-old White House employee remarked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Karoline\u00a0Leavitt went off on CNN for airing an interview\u00a0with a member of the Sinaloa Cartel after Trump branded the group a foreign terrorist organization. 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