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Leavitt Denounces Reporter as 'Left-Wing Hack' in Exchange Over ICE and Renee Good

The confrontation highlighted the administration's full-throated defense of ICE during the Minneapolis shooting probe.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt went off on a columnist from The Hill at her press briefing on Thursday after he questioned whether ICE was doing everything by the book and rattled off statistics about deaths in ICE custody and U.S. citizens being detained.
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Overview

  • White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attacked The Hill’s Niall Stanage after he questioned whether ICE was “doing everything correctly,” calling him a biased activist.
  • Leavitt asked for Stanage’s opinion on why Renee Nicole Good was killed, then blasted him when he replied that an ICE agent acted recklessly and unjustifiably.
  • The reporter cited figures that 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025 and 170 U.S. citizens were detained by ICE, and referenced Good’s Jan. 7 killing in Minneapolis.
  • Leavitt defended ICE, displayed recent arrest mugshots, accused journalists of bias, and reiterated the government’s framing that agents are focused on removing dangerous individuals.
  • Addressing a separate issue, Leavitt said President Trump was joking when he told Reuters the U.S. should not “even have an election” in 2026, and she moved off the topic quickly.