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KNIVES OUT: Media Ambush on MAHA Over CDC Director BACKFIRES—Leavitt Drops the Hammer

What was supposed to be their big moment to derail RFK and Trump, turned into a total reckoning in the briefing room.

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Aug 28, 2025
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The media thought they had their opening to derail MAHA.

They filled the White House briefing with loaded questions about Susan Monarez’s firing—painting Trump and RFK Jr. as “reckless.”

But Karoline Leavitt CRUSHED their scripts on the spot.

“Just do your job. That’s what this president wants to see.”

It was a total reckoning.

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The knives came out for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the moment Susan Monarez was fired.

And during today’s White House press briefing, the media didn’t even try to hide it.

When Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt opened the floor to reporters, NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez led the charge, reading aloud from Monarez’s lawyer—who claimed she was let go for refusing to “rubber-stamp unscientific reckless directives.”

Then he tried to trap Karoline Leavitt with a question:

“What specifically did she do wrong?”

But Leavitt wasn’t…

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