If we were living in what passes as a "normal" political environment, this tit-for-tat story might be one of those times when we'd think, "Boys and girls, just calm down, get back to the business of working for the American people, and knock off the silliness."
But alas, as we're well aware, the political divide — chasm, as it were — in 2025 America is as bitterly divisive as I've seen in all my years of paying close attention to politics.
What began as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt launching a pretty impressive verbal attack on the makeup of Democrat voters became House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries responding in typical histrionic fashion — calling Leavitt ridiculous names. Then, both Leavitt and the White House X account fired back at Jeffries, and here we are.
Let's start from the beginning — meaning the beginning of this specific episode.
Speaking from the White House lawn on Thursday, Leavitt said the following about Democrat voters:
The Democrat Party's main constituencies are made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals. That is who the Democratic Party is catering to — not the White House, and not the Republican Party, who standing up for law-abiding Americans. Not just across the country but [also] around the world.
A bit harsh, as I suggested, earlier — given that Democrat support comes from left-wing loons who are not Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, or violent criminals — but Leavitt didn't come anywhere near the vile names Democrat political figures and their sock puppets in the media call President Trump, MAGA Republicans, and conservatives in general. Not. Even. Close.
Don't get me wrong; two wrongs don't make a right, but we're at a point where the rhetoric is out of control, and I suspect it's not going to simmer down anytime soon.
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals." pic.twitter.com/IcJwhYYV5x
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2025
Next up, Jeffries responded to Leavitt's response in a somewhat bizarre manner.
After accusing Republican officials of unfairly targeting Democrats amid uproar over a swastika flag discovered in a House GOP lawmaker’s office this week — a lawmaker who has denied any involvement by himself or his staff —Jeffries tore into Leavitt:
You've got Karoline Leavitt, who's sick. She's out of control. And I'm not sure whether she's just demented, ignorant, a stone-cold liar, or all of the above.
But the notion that an official White House spokesperson would say that the Democratic Party consists of terrorists, violent criminals, and undocumented immigrants makes no sense, that this is what the American people are getting from the Trump administration in the middle of a shutdown.
Got hypocrisy, Hakeem?
Jeffries says that @PressSec is "sick, out of control, demented, and ignorant" for saying that Democrats love illegals and violent criminals.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 17, 2025
All the proof you need that Karoline is doing a fantastic job. pic.twitter.com/eWDzNHZs0Y
Uh-huh.
You mean just like it made no sense to call Turning Point USA co-founder and CEO Charlie Kirk despicable names within hours — if not less time — of his brutal assassination, allegedly by a pro-trans psycho whose boyfriend was reportedly in the process of "transitioning" into a woman?
Or, Hakeem, like members of your party have continually called Trump a "Nazi," "fascist," "racist," "white supremacist," and worse, and Trump supporters, a "basket of deplorables," "garbage," "Nazis," and so on?
I'm not a fan of whataboutism, but c'mon.
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Also on Friday morning, Leavitt fired back at Jeffries, telling Fox News Digital:
Hakeem and Democrats are lashing out because they know what I said is true. The Democrat Party's elected officials absolutely cater to pro-Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens and violent criminals. House Democrats voted against a resolution condemning Hamas following the horrific October 7th terrorist attacks, and Democrats cheered on pro-Hamas radicals while they hijacked America’s college campuses and harassed Jewish students."
Democrats opened our borders and allowed tens of millions of illegal aliens into our country over the past four years, including rapists and murderers, because they view them as future voters. Democrats coddle violent criminals and support soft-on-crime policies like cashless bail that let violent offenders back on the streets to hurt law-abiding citizens.
And last but certainly not least, the official White House X account absolutely filleted Jeffries, in recent familiar fashion — by digitally placing a tiny sombrero on his head, while noting:
What's 'sick' and 'demented' is the Democrats’ obsession with defending criminal illegal aliens—rapists, murderers, and those who’d burn our country to the ground.
But ok, go off, Sombrero Guy.
Priceless.
What's 'sick' and 'demented' is the Democrats’ obsession with defending criminal illegal aliens—rapists, murderers, and those who’d burn our country to the ground.
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 17, 2025
But ok, go off, Sombrero Guy. pic.twitter.com/cF9uJvgwB1
Nobody in politics trolls like Donald Trump and his administration. Period.
As for the Democrat Party, they continue to provide us with a target-rich environment, meaning we have more than enough stuff to write about, daily.
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