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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025

Published November 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 26:39

The damage caused by the Democrats with this reckless government shutdown cannot be framed forgotten. It is entirely the fault of the Democrat Party. Just look at the vote count. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees have missed their paychecks. Tens of billions in wages and benefits were withheld, impacting vulnerable families. Millions of low income Americans missed their SNAP benefits. (26:39–26:44)

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Karoline Leavitt

“The Democrats dragged on the government shutdown for 43 days, the longest shutdown in U.S. history.”
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“Nearly 20,000 flights at airports across the country were delayed due to staffing shortages.”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 26:52-26:59
“An estimated 5.2 million travelers have had their flights disrupted over the course of the Democrat shutdown.”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 27:04-27:13
“According to a CBO estimate, the Democrat shutdown could end up decreasing fourth quarter economic growth by two whole percentage points.”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 27:24-27:34
“Inflation was at a record high 9% [under Joe Biden].”
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“President Trump signed the largest middle class tax cuts in American history.”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 31:08-31:14
“The Trump administration has already cut 30 unnecessary regulations for every new one on the books.”
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“Wages are rising at the fastest pace of the start of a presidential administration, and in 60 years.”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 32:48-32:54
“The cost of the typical new mortgage is down by nearly $3,000 per year.”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 32:54-32:59
“President Trump had a very successful meeting on his trip to Asia with President Xi, where they discussed the need for China to crack down…”
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“Tomorrow, President Trump will be joined by the first lady in the East Room for an executive order signing aimed at expanding opportunities…”
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“The damage caused by the Democrats with this reckless government shutdown cannot be forgotten. It is entirely the fault of the Democrat…”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 26:29-26:39
“Tens of billions in wages and benefits were withheld, impacting vulnerable families.”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 26:43-26:49
“Millions of low-income Americans missed their SNAP benefits.”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 26:49-26:53
“Our economy has lost billions and billions of dollars in economic activity over the course of this shutdown.”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 27:12-27:19
“The Democrats may have permanently damaged the federal statistical system with October CPI and jobs reports likely never being released.”
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“Democrats started this shutdown with a demand to force taxpayer funded health care benefits to illegal aliens.”
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“President Trump's one big beautiful bill fixed that problem [of taxpayer-funded health care for illegal aliens].”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 28:38-28:42
“The Democrats dragged this reckless government shutdown on for weeks longer to boost their turnout in an election.”
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“The clean CR being voted on today...is what President Trump and Republicans have supported from day one.”
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“Gasoline prices [are] the lowest in five years [due to Trump's energy policies].”
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“This administration has done more with respect to transparency when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein than any administration ever.”
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“The Department of Justice has turned over tens of thousands, thousands of documents to the American people.”
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“This administration also moved the Department of Justice also moved to unseal grand jury testimony.”
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“The president has made it very clear he's not going to allow terrorists to bring illegal drugs that kill American citizens into our great…”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 41:41-41:51
“We did tap into the contingency fund. And then the judge told us, no, you have to get more money from a children's nutrition fund.”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 43:53-44:01
“You shouldn't tell the president which fund he has to rob because the Democrats are holding the country hostage by shutting down the federal…”
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“Obamacare, as it's famously called, is a system the Democrats created. It is a broken system. It has driven up health care costs…”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 12, 2025 | Uploaded November 12, 2025 | 47:06-47:15
“The president, as he's always maintained, is absolutely open to having conversations about health care.”
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“I think you'll see the president putting forth some really good policy proposals the Democrats should take very seriously to fix, again, the…”
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