Karoline Leavitt Tears Into CNN, MSNOW For Not Airing Angel Families Event

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and other White House staffers slammed CNN and MSNOW on Monday for not airing an event honoring families who lost loved ones in crimes committed by illegal immigrants.

President Donald Trump declared Feb. 23 “Angel Families Day” during an event hosted Monday, which marked the second anniversary of the murder of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, by an illegal immigrant who was released into the country during the Biden administration. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung opened the criticism with a post on X at 10:42 a.m. by noting the event wasn’t covered by those networks. 

“Sickening and horrific that CNN and MSNOW are outright refusing to broadcast this powerful and moving event,” Cheung posted, after quoting a post with a video clip of Riley’s mother, Allyson Phillips, speaking. “It’s like they don’t care about victims and their families.”