Karoline Leavitt clashes with AOC over looming restraining order on Trump's federal funding freeze

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By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER ON CAPITOL HILL

Published: 16:40 EST, 30 January 2025 | Updated: 16:43 EST, 30 January 2025

Progressive person Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a changeable straight astatine Karoline Leavitt, calling Donald Trump's caller property caput her atrocious astatine her job.  

'In lawsuit you’re having a atrocious time astatine work, retrieve that astatine slightest you’re not Trump’s Press Secretary who tweets were truthful atrocious contiguous she earned the full medication a national restraining order,' the New York Democrat wrote.

AOC had retweeted a enactment from POLITICO newsman Kyle Cheney breaking the quality that a justice ordered a restraining bid against the Trump administration, successful part, owed to 1 of Leavitt's erstwhile X posts. 

'Keep talking and tweeting, girl! You’re doing great!' the progressive 'Squad' laminitis continued to mock the property secretary.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) froze astir $3 trillion successful national funding  earlier this week aft blasting retired a confusing memo. The determination outraged galore lawmakers, and OMB aboriginal rescinded the order. 

However, aft it was rescinded Leavitt poured diesel onto the raging occurrence of disorder spreading astir the OMB memo by tweeting, 'This is NOT a rescission of the national backing freeze.'

'It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo. Why? To extremity immoderate disorder created by the court's injunction. The President's EO's connected national backing stay successful afloat unit and effect, and volition beryllium rigorously implemented,' she wrote. 

Federal Judge John McConnell granted the restraining bid conscionable hours aft Leavitt's post.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks astatine the White House Press Briefing country archetypal clip arsenic a White House Press Secretary successful Washington DC., United States connected January 28, 2025

This is NOT a rescission of the national backing freeze.

It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo.

Why? To extremity immoderate disorder created by the court's injunction.

The President's EO's connected national backing stay successful afloat unit and effect, and volition beryllium rigorously implemented.

— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 29, 2025

New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed the property caput for getting the Trump squad a national restraining order 

McConnell's ruling to artifact Trump's OMB memo called the order 'hugely ambiguous' and the justice indicated his prime was made partially 'based connected comments by the president’s property secretary.'

AOC had already taken shots astatine the property sec earlier successful the week for her arguable station connected X.  

''To extremity immoderate confusion, we are going to accidental 1 happening and bash another' This is wherefore you should not spot a connection this White House says,' Ocasio-Cortez said skewering Leavitt's post. 

New York Attorney General Letitia James responded to Leavitt's station connected the national frost saying: 'This is conscionable much disorder and chaos. We volition beryllium successful tribunal this afternoon.' 

The OMB memo would person halted payer dollars from flowing to initiatives successful acquisition and wellness care, lodging assistance, catastrophe alleviation and a big of different areas pending a review. 

The medication argued the backing should beryllium enactment connected clasp portion officials ensured nary publically funded programs are 'woke,' and that each are successful enactment with enforcement orders helium signed past week abolishing the government's DEI agenda.

The intermission was not meant to people immoderate 'assistance provided straight to individuals,' specified arsenic Medicare oregon Social Security.

But the frost faced contiguous backlash since it was not wide however it would interaction programs specified arsenic Medicaid, SNAP and different authorities assistance.

'Keep talking and tweeting, girl! You’re doing great!' the progressive 'Squad' laminitis mocked the property secretary

Journalists were squeezed successful similar sardines, with nary elbow country to constitute astatine Leavitt's archetypal briefing. 'This is epic,' said 1 reporter. 'I deliberation I mightiness faint'

Leavitt, 27, is the youngest property caput to ever measurement into the role. 

Earlier successful the week she held her archetypal White House property briefing and the country was packed with reporters wall-to-wall. 

Under a sustained battle from the media, Leavitt was polished, professional, assured and gaffe-free, during her archetypal showing. 

She calmly dispatched dozens of questions and demonstrated that she had the facts astatine her fingertips.

Only erstwhile did she edifice to her predecessor Karine Jeane-Pierre's notorious catchphrase - 'I can't get up of the president' - to debar answering an inquiry.

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