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Towards the end of Thursday’s fairly tepid White House press briefing, things took a dramatic turn when The Hill’s Niall Stanage told Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt that an Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officer “acted recklessly and killed” Minnesota resident Renee Good “unjustifiably” and thus there was no way ICE does “everything correctly.” Thankfully, Leavitt promptly shoved this partisan tool into a rhetorical locker. The initial question was hostile decrying ICE tactics since “170 U.S. citizens were detained by ICE” last year, but Stanage really stepped in it when Leavitt asked him “why...Good unfortunately and tragically killed” (click the X post to read the full back-and-forth): WATCH: Fireworks in the White House Briefing Room...@TheHill’s @NiallStanage: “Earlier, you were just defending ICE agents generally, and earlier on, Secretary Noem spoke to the media and she said, among other things, that they are doing everything correctly. 32 people died in… pic.twitter.com/VGEVLoJjDj — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 15, 2026 “So, you’re a biased reporter with a left-wing opinion? Yeah, because you’re a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter. You’re posing in this room as a journalist...[Y]ou shouldn’t even be sitting in that seat, but you’re pretending that you’re a journalist,” Leavitt replied. Stanage repeatedly insisted she explain to him “what was inaccurate in what I said,” but Leavitt schooled him on his lack of interest in the illegal aliens with lengthy and dangerous records being taken off the streets by ICE. “I bet you didn’t even read up on those stories. I bet you never even read about Laken Riley or Jocelyn Nungaray, or all of the innocent Americans who were killed at the hands of illegal aliens in this country,” Leavitt added in part. Stanage has long been a political hack. Taking a trip back into the NewsBusters archives, Stanage went on MSNBC and marveled at a book excerpt for Hillary Clinton’s What Happened as proof of her “talk[ing] about [2016] in her own voice” and “we’re not used to that...blood and guts” During the Biden years, Stanage reminded all of us that, along with the accent, he’s thoroughly Irish and thus not keen on Israel and Jews. In November 2023, he lectured then-National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan that Israel was blatantly violating international law to deliberately murder Gazan women and children. In 2024, he drew John Kirby’s ire in March, April, and July briefings for arguing Israel has been forcibly “starving” Palestinians, declaring they’ve engaged in “violation of international humanitarian law,” and insisting the U.S. lacks moral authority because it’s an ironclad supporter of Israel. As one of the only adults in the room for that administration, Kirby would, like Leavitt did Thursday, rhetorically toss him in a locker. Back to the present, Briefing Room denzien Andrew Feinberg was called shortly before Stanage and brought up the latest Trump trolling that has liberals in a tizzy. Leavitt also expressed zero patience for him: .@Independent’s @AndrewFeinberg: “A follow up on one of my colleagues who asked you about the President’s interview with Reuters. You said that he was joking about canceling the elections. But Americans for generations have fought and died for democracy, for this democracy. Are… pic.twitter.com/ozlGTUG1WV — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 15, 2026 Moving to some odds and ends from throughout the Q&A, Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich sought White House reaction on the still image from Iranian state TV of someone holding up a photo after the President was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania: JACQUI TIME: “I wanted to get the White House reaction to Iranian state TV broadcasting an implicit threat to the president's life. It was images of the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to reports with the message, ‘this time, it will not go wrong’?”… pic.twitter.com/30OPb89Bks — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 15, 2026 And, on the conservative reporters front, our friend Reagan Reese of the Daily Caller wondered what further devolution inside Minneapolis would have to occur for President Trump to follow through on his threat to invoke the Insurrection Act: .@DailyCaller’s @ReaganReese_: “President Trump threatened invoking the Insurrection Act today in a Truth Social post. I'm wondering what is his tipping point is? Like, what would it take for him to invoke the Insurrection Act?”@PressSec @KarolineLeavitt: “Look, that's only a… pic.twitter.com/Bq3kgI2FH7 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 15, 2026 Daily Wire White House correspondent and MRC Bulldog Award winner Mary Margaret Olohan was also there, asking Leavitt to speak to the anti-ICE rhetoric from the left: .@realDailyWire’s @MaryMargOlohan: “I believe last night there were protesters or rioters that rifled through an FBI car, took weapons. We had a reporter embedded with ICE who said that she saw constant harassment all evening. Can you speak to the rhetoric we’re hearing from… pic.twitter.com/ZW0HY4ksbK — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 15, 2026 Daily Signal’s Elizabeth Mitchell closed out the Q&A with two questions, one of which touched on an embarrassing display by a woke doctor at a Senate hearing this week: .@DailySignal’s @TheElizMitchell: “Europe reportedly sent troops over [to Greenland]. Does that change at all what the President is doing on this? And then a second question, yesterday in a Senate health hearing, a Senator, Josh Hawley, repeatedly asked a doctor if men can get… pic.twitter.com/J0ZgkxkiMp — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 15, 2026  

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt torched a "left-wing" reporter who challenged the administration's defense of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Niall Stanage, a White House columnist for The Hill, asked Leavitt to defend Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's remarks claiming ICE is "doing everything correctly." Stanage pointed to the shooting of Renee Good that has engulfed the media, as well as deaths and alleged improper detainments over the last year. 'You should be reporting on the facts.' "Secretary Noem spoke to the media and she said, among other things, that they are doing everything correctly," Stanage said. "32 people died in ICE custody last year, 170 U.S. citizens were detained by ICE, and Renee Good was shot in the head and killed by an ICE agent. How does that equate to them doing everything correctly?""Why was Renee Good unfortunately and tragically killed?" Leavitt returned. RELATED: ICE officer suffered internal bleeding following Renee Good incident: Report?STRAIGHT FIRE FROM @PressSec:"You're a left-wing hack. You're not a reporter. You're posing in this room as a journalist... You and the people in the media who have such biases but fake like you're a journalist — you shouldn't even be sitting in that seat." pic.twitter.com/CtYTcCymtl— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 15, 2026 Leavitt sparred with Stanage, noting that he intentionally withheld figures that outline successful deportations of illegal aliens and the removal of violent criminals from America. "Because an ICE agent acted recklessly," Stanage replied. "Oh, okay! So you're a biased reporter with a left-wing opinion," Leavitt said. "You're a left-wing hack! You're not a reporter. You're posing in this room as a journalist, and it's so clear by the premise of your question.""You and the people in the media who have such biases but fake like you're a journalist, you shouldn't even be sitting in that seat. But you're pretending like you're a journalist, but you're a left-wing activist, and the question that you just raised and your answer proves your bias. You should be reporting on the facts."RELATED: 'Don't make a bad decision': ICE officer warns smug leftists allegedly trailing agents in their SUVs Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesLeavitt grilled Stanage for failing to name the innocent Americans who were killed by illegal aliens, doubling down and defending ICE's role in deporting violent criminals. "Do you have the numbers of how many American citizens were killed at the hands of illegal aliens who ICE is trying to remove from this country? I bet you don't," Leavitt said. "I bet you didn't even read up on those stories. I bet you never even read about Laken Riley or Jocelyn Nungaray or all of the innocent Americans who were killed at the hands of illegal aliens in this country.""The brave men and women of ICE are doing everything in their power to remove those heinous individuals and make our communities safer. And shame on people like you in the media who have a crooked view and have a biased view and pretend like you're a real honest journalist."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) is facing a wave of backlash for her comments on Immigration and Customs Enforcement — because they were not extremist enough.Ocasio-Cortez has infamously advocated for abolishing ICE, but many of her critics now claim that she is easing her extreme positions in order to seek higher office.'You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face. That is what this administration is doing, that's what the Republican party did.'"My position has always been clear that ICE funding should be cut. We're seeing what they're doing with this reckless explosion in funding," said Ocasio-Cortez to a reporter asking about ICE funding."And mind you, just so everybody knows, I want everybody to understand the cuts to your health care are what's paying for this. All that extra money that everybody's paying right now in their premiums, all that extra money that you're paying, it is paid for with — it is all that extra money that the government and [Affordable Care Act] subsidies that was given to nearly a trillion dollars in health care was taken out and given to ICE," she added."So understand how these dots connect," Ocasio-Cortez concluded. "You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face. That is what this administration's doing. That's what the Republican Party did."While many on the right might be offended by her histrionic description of ICE, some on the left were also offended that she was not far-left enough."Giving less funding to fascist state agents who abduct people and shoot people in the face doesn’t change their mandate, function and the impunity given to them. You didn’t run on less funding," responded former Al Jazeera reporter Sana Saeed."Don't trust any politician that doesn't call for the outright abolition of ICE. 'Cutting funding' is bulls**t. ICE is a militarized police force terrorizing American cities and streets. It needs to be completely defunded," replied social justice activist Anthony Zenkus."She’s still selling 'Abolish ICE' hats in her store reflective of her former position, a journalist should ask her why she changed her mind," wrote liberal comedian Kate Willett."Abolish ice. Nothing else is acceptable!!" responded another user.RELATED: Ocasio-Cortez claims ICE is targeting 6-year-olds in her district during crazed speech on immigration "Abolish ICE is the moderate position. You f**king suck," said another detractor."We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one," joked one detractor.A Blaze News request for comment from the congresswoman's office was not immediately answered.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A Florida woman was arrested on numerous charges after she allegedly punched a state trooper during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation Tuesday.Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said 40-year-old Jennifer Cruz of Jacksonville objected to the ICE operation on Beach Boulevard but ended up getting arrested herself.'The idea that you're going to assault one of our troopers is unacceptable, and you are going to face consequences as a result of that.'"This is Jennifer Cruz of Jacksonville. Jennifer disagrees with immigration enforcement and decided to commit a few felonies by getting out of her car and punching a Trooper in the face," Uthmeier said in a post on social media."But unlike Minnesota, we don't put up with this nonsense. Not today, Jennifer," he added.Uthmeier included an image of Cruz's arrest from a police camera.The owner of the Mi Pueblo Mexican grocery store spoke to WJXT-TV about the arrest that unfolded in front of his business."What I witnessed was a traffic stop by the state trooper," Juan Alvarez said. "ICE agents showed up with the state trooper. They detained a driver, the person was driving, and so yeah, they had an operation going on, and after that, they had detained another person, but it seems they got into an altercation with that person. It turned violent, and that led to the presence of a lot of more, you know, police, federal enforcement showing up."He was also able to record officers taking down Cruz from the window of his shop.Jail records indicate Cruz was charged with a slew of crimes, including resisting an officer with violence, battery on law enforcement, and driving with a suspended driver's license.RELATED: Michigan sandwich shop faces backlash for profanity-laced tirade against ICE: 'F**k your BLATANT fascism' Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis commented on the arrest during a media briefing."This is not Minneapolis. This is not going to end well for you in Florida," he said. "You have a right to go out there and criticize government policy. You can go out there and protest within respected zones, but the idea that you're going to assault one of our troopers is unacceptable, and you are going to face consequences as a result of that."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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