Karoline Leavitt Shuts Down CNN's Kaitlan Collins Over White House Press Access

Posted • February 12, 2025: When last we checked in with CNN's Kaitlan Collins, she was being rebuked by President Trump for asking a question about the DC mid-air collision -- a question that the president deemed to be "not very smart." Collins seemed quite upset about Trump mentioning DEI hiring practices possibly having something to do with the accident, and made her displeasure clear when questioning the president. And he made it very clear that he didn't have time for her partisan posturing. Collins makes her haughty presence in the White House press briefing room known at every Q&A held by either the president or White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, apparently believing that her seat in the front row somehow bestows on her some sort of VIP status. We know that the president isn't playing that game, and neither is Leavitt.

At Tuesday's White House press briefing, Collins took the occasion to be offended on behalf of the Associated Press (AP), who was summarily removed from the White House press pool Monday for refusing to refer to a certain body of water as the Gulf of America despite it now being the recognized designation of the federal government (and Google!). To be clear, AP reporters did not have their hard passes to the White House revoked—nor were they booted from the briefing room—they simply weren't afforded the opportunity to be a part of the press gaggle that questions the president in the Oval Office. Nonetheless, Kaitlan Collins was steamed and directed her ire at Karoline Leavitt, demanding to know who at the White House decided the AP would be excluded. (…)

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