'I don't get it': Karoline Leavitt snaps at NBC reporter after fraud numbers busted
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt got personal with an NBC reporter on Friday morning after he called her out for misrepresenting a dollar figure the Department of Government Efficiency claims it uncovered in its search for fraud.
In a brief gaggle outside of the Brady Briefing Room, NBC's Peter Alexander put the fledgling press secretary on the spot after she praised the work DOGE has been doing, which led her to drop her smile and snarl at him.
In the exchange, Leavitt proclaimed, "I think it's fraudulent that the American government has been ripping off taxpayers in this way and we also do know there has been extensive fraud, particularly if you look at Social Security."
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"In fact, according to an IG report from the Social Security Administration, there was $71 billion worth of fraud in a single fiscal year that we know about. That is a lot of fraud, Peter," she continued before adding, "So this administration is committed to finding even more of that fraud, waste and abuse."
" To be clear that $71 billion was from 2015 to 2022," Alexander countered. "So it wasn't in just one year and it was in ..."
"$71 billion," the White House spokesperson interrupted.
"But it wasn't in one year, just to be clear, " Alexander shot back. "It was in one report over multiple years from 2015 to 2022."
After being corrected again, Leavitt exclaimed, "So are you defending $71 billion in fraud, Peter? That's a lot of money."
She then proceeded to talk over him before complaining, "Why is the media so against cutting waste, fraud and abuse from the government? I don't get it."
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