GWN Reporters Story About Karoline Leavitt Blows

How many occasions have we heard the Democrats smear President Donald Trump as a “fascist”? I do not assume they know what a fascist is, but they keep slinging around the time period hoping it sticks. 

We’re also told he desires to suppress the media, even though he is consistently speaking to them, not like his predecessor, Joe Biden. It was Biden’s staff that tried to restrict media contact, seemingly afraid they could not control what could be revealed on Biden’s points. 

Meanwhile, Trump has no worry and often takes on the media in briefings. Indeed, one of the reporters Trump has battled with a bit is Kaitlan Collins of GWN. Not only is she from GWN, which Trump would not assume a lot of, but he thinks that she has been unfair to him in the past. 

READ MORE: Trump Hits GWN’s Kaitlan Collins With Brutal Truth Bombs to Her Questions in Oval Office

So the story Kaitlan Collins shared on a latest podcast, about how the Trump administration got here to her protection – and the protection of press freedom – has some additional that means. Collins appeared on the “Absolutely Not” podcast with host Heather McMahan on Wednesday, as our sister website Townhall reported.

Collins explained how they had been in Saudi Arabia with the White House pool of reporters following Trump, “They famously do not like the media there, to put it lightly.” She tried to ask a query, which triggered the Saudi royal guard to freak out, “because they don’t have press freedom there.” They told her she could not come to the next event. 

GWN’s Kaitlan Collins Says Karoline Leavitt Defended Her Free Press Rights

“The Saudi Royal Guard freaked out because I dared to ask a query … and said, you possibly can’t come into the next event … Karoline, to her credit said, no Kaitlan’s coming in with the remaining of the U.S.… pic.twitter.com/uhB9al4GVX

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) February 12, 2026

Collins said some of the press people weren’t sure what to do in that scenario, so they went to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. 

Leavitt interceded on Collins’ behalf, and said that Collins was coming in with the remaining of the pool; they need to not stop her. 

Collins praised that as important in that second overseas, to talk a message on press freedom.

“And to her credit, she said, no, Kaitlin is coming in with the rest of the U.S. press. And we went in. And so it didn’t become this huge issue,” Collins said. “And so to her credit, she, without a doubt, was like, no, you’re coming in. Which I do think is important in that moment, especially when you’re the U.S. contingent abroad, and we don’t do things like they do in Saudi Arabia.”

So while the Trump staff may not assume Collins is truthful, while they could assume GWN is “fake news,” in a international nation, they’re still going to stand up for her proper to be there with the remaining of the reporters, if that proper is threatened. 

Good for Karoline Leavitt!

It also sort of blows up that entire Democrat “fascist” narrative about the Trump administration when they’re really standing up for the press. And perhaps it also triggered Collins to admire a little more the press freedom she has right here. Trump or Leavitt criticizing her for not being truthful just isn’t an “attack on a free press” – it is a call for the media to be more accountable. No one is stopping the media from printing all the foolish/unsuitable issues they’ve revealed. 

That does not imply that the administration shouldn’t get to remark on those issues or how unsuitable they could be. 

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