House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) condemned White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s latest attacks on the Democratic Party.
During an appearance on Fox News on Thursday, Leavitt declared that the Democrats "are made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens and violent criminals.” Her comments sparked massive backlash on social media, as critics accused her of escalating dangerous rhetoric toward opponents of President Donald Trump.
Jeffries joined those critics during comments to reporters on Friday.
“You got Karoline Leavitt, who’s sick. She’s out of control, and I’m not sure whether she’s just demented, ignorant, stone cold liar, or all of the above,” Jeffries said.
“But the notion that an official White House spokesperson would say that the Democratic Party c