Trump spokeswoman blasted for ‘inciting violence’ with comments about Democrats
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is being accused of "inciting violence" against Democrats after saying the party is made up of "Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
Leavitt made the remarks during an interview with Fox News on Thursday in which she was asked to comment on Democratic New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's interview with the network the night before .
"This interview proved that the Democrat Party's main constituency are made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens and violent criminals," Leavitt said on the broadcast. "That is who the Democrat Party is catering to, not the Trump admin, not the White House and not the Republican Party, who is standing up for law-abiding Americans, not just across the country but around the world. And that's why President Trump works so hard to end this conflict in the Middle East."
Leavitt also claimed that Democrats "don't stand for anything except catering to their hard-left base, which as I said, includes antisemites, includes Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens and violent criminals who they want to let out freely to roam in American streets."
Leavitt's comments came in response to Mamdani declining to say whether Hamas should lay down its weapons during his interview with Fox News.
Some Democrats and journalists have since criticized Leavitt's comments.
"It is astonishing that just weeks after Republicans took to the media to angrily say any reference to their party as Nazi or fascist was incitement to violence, they're now accusing the Democratic Party of being 'Hamas terrorists,'" wrote journalist Mehdi Hasan on X . "Per their own logic, they are inciting violence."
"Most Republicans are good people. Most Democrats are good people," wrote Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on X . "The White House says outrageous things to make you hate your neighbor. Your neighbor isn't the problem. The White House is."
"Karoline Leavitt should resign," said U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, D-Tx. on X . "They try to make us hate each other to distract from the fact that they're robbing us all blind. It's sick.
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