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Karoline Leavitt’s Briefing Blunder Accidentally Undoes Key Trump Policy, Sparks Mockery Online

"Hmm. It’s almost as if she’s completely unprepared and grossly incompetent," one critic said in roasting the Trump White House press secretary's gaffe on social media.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt faced mockery on Wednesday after another apparent slipup during a press briefing.

Leavitt stated that President Donald Trump is “committed to passing a big reconciliation package later this year,” which includes “ending no taxes on tips.”

Critics quickly seized on the phrase, interpreting it as an accidental double negative that contradicted Trump’s 2024 election campaign promise to nix taxes on tips. Trump has yet to implement the policy.

Leavitt on Monday drew similar mockery after she accidentally claimed the Department of Justice will focus on “fighting law and order” when “fighting for law and order” was likely what she meant.

Many people have problems with double negatives but Karoline Leavitt seems to struggle with single negatives.

— EyeRoller (@MaximumK75753) March 19, 2025

ending no taxes on tips pic.twitter.com/QiHwg6iTn0

— D-Fens (@the_coolwayne) March 20, 2025

She really is the right one for Trump

— RiotWomenn (@riotwomennn) March 19, 2025

So it won't happen? MAGA fell for it again.

— Ron Smith (@Ronxyz00) March 19, 2025

So not committed to ending taxes on tips, but committed to ending no taxes on tips. So he's committed to ending his own policy that he never instituted in the first place, got it.

— Petrichor ❤🇨🇦❤ 💙💛 (@Chasingharmony1) March 19, 2025
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