Karoline Leavitt, Youngest-Ever Press Secretary, Said Democrats Execute Babies
In April, Leavitt—who also appears in a Project 2025 training video—told Newsmax that Democrats support abortion even "after the child is born and laying on the hospital bed."
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As President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his White House of Horrors, a lot of his nominations are making headlines for their sexual assault allegations, conspiracy theories, and ties to cults. But Karoline Leavitt, who was announced as White House press secretary on Friday, is making headlines for her age, instead of her extreme anti-abortion views or her appearance in a Project 2025 video. So, here at Jezebel, we just want to balance out the coverage a bit.
Leavitt, who worked as national press secretary for Trump’s campaign and as an assistant press secretary during Trump’s first term, is 27, making her the youngest White House press secretary ever. NPR noted that someone under 30 hasn’t had the job since Ronald Ziegler, who was 29 when he was named as Nixon’s press secretary in 1969. Leavitt also worked as the communications director for Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) after Trump lost in 2020 and then ran for Congress in New Hampshire in 2022, but lost to Democrat incumbent Chris Pappas.
It might seem like an impressive resume to some, but, personally, I don’t find anything about being the loudest anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant person in the room impressive—which is ultimately how Leavitt caught the attention of the Trump campaign in the first place. Leavitt was a student assistant at Fox News in 2016 before getting hired by his first administration.
It’s obviously not surprising that someone who works for Trump is anti-any of these things, but with all the headlines about her being the youngest-ever press secretary, I thought I’d list a few other facts.