A former Republican lawmaker mocked President Donald Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, during a conversation with political and legal analysts on MSNBC Wednesday.
Host Nicolle Wallace showed a clip of Leavitt attacking Judge James Boasberg, who is presiding over the case involving the flights that deported people the Trump administration alleged were gang members.
Over the weekend, Boasberg told Trump's Justice Department lawyers that the flights must be paused or turned around. There has been a further question about whether the administration made a calculated decision to ignore the judge, according to The Associated Press. That led to further questions by the judge and an official request for information on the timeline of the flights and actions.
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The White House responded by going on the attack against the judge, including a press briefing in which Leavitt claimed he was a liberal Democrat and appointed by President Barack Obama.
Wallace disagreed, pointing out that Boasberg was appointed by her former boss, George W. Bush, and only elevated by Obama. The judge has made several conservative decisions, including requiring the State Department to release some of Hillary Clinton's emails.
Leavitt responded to being fact-checked by saying, "67% of injunctions in this century have come against which president: Donald J. Trump."
Wallace pointed out that she was not sure where Leavitt got those figures. "But he is also the only convicted felon who has ever been elected president."
Former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) quipped, "I think critical thinking has largely died in the United States of America, and Karoline Leavitt is probably a perfect example of that."
Jolly asked why it would matter if Boasberg were an "activist judge," as conservatives allege. "Karoline's an activist as well. Most of the people in the Trump administration are activists as well. Does that make their performance of their constitutional duties less solemn, less sober, less responsible? No, of course not."
He also addressed the idea that Trump has experienced so many injunctions.
"That's probably because he's the one president who has acted the most outside the bounds of his executive authority," said Jolly. "The death of critical thinking is real. This White House is a perfect example of it."
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