Can't Help Themselves: Dems, Left-Leaning Media Run Wild With Misleading Leavitt Clip

A host of top Democrats and left-leaning media figures ran wild with a misleading caption applied to a clip of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

During Thursday afternoon’s briefing at the White House, a reporter asked Leavitt, “In addition to the ballroom and the Rose Garden patio, is the president looking at any other renovations or significant kind of projects here at the White House?”

She replied:

Not to my knowledge, no. But he’s a builder at heart, clearly. And so his heart and his mind is always churning about how to improve things here on the White House grounds. But at this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president’s main priority.

A clip of the exchange shared on X by Acyn Torabi — senior digital editor for the progressive outlet MeidasTouch — was captioned, “Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president’s main priority.”