Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Is Leaving The White House

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She is a mom. Once again, she's got two little kids under the age of two. She said, listen. It's hard to be a mom and to be the White House press secretary, especially when you have a president that just go, go, go, go, go. So God bless her. She did a wonderful job over there. I think she's probably one of the most effective press secretaries we have ever seen in the White House because she would just stand there and just go to battle. I mean, she should have been wearing battle gear as she walked in. She could have been a ninja to talk with the White House press corps and held her own. I have a friend who's a press secretary, and to them, Dave, I'm not sure if everybody gets this. They have to, they have a lot of other jobs they have to do. They help craft the message, the message points. They have to do all that. Work behind the scenes. Give background. So the way it works, folks, in the media, I'll take you behind the curtain. You have to negotiate with people. I do this all the time. I negotiate with lawmakers, different groups, senators, the governor's office when I can't. You have to negotiate what kind of attribution is what they call it. So when I sit down at first meeting, okay, listen, here's what I need from you. I need to make sure that we establish so we're on the same page what's off the record, what's on background, and what's on the record so I can report it. So sometimes they'll say, okay, Rich, this is off the record so you know. And I'll put it in sports parlance for everybody to make it easy, and I don't betray any secrets. In baseball, they would tell me, okay, this is off the record. This pitcher's not available tonight. So when we're broadcasting the games, we can't say, well, why aren't they using that guy? Well, we already know he's off the, he can't be, he can't go tonight, he's tired, not available. So we have enough information. So. we can report the story accurately. Then the next point of attribution they'll give you is on background. On background means someone in that office says, listen, I'm going to give you this, but I'm not attaching my name to it, but it is what's really going on. On background, I've learned this. On background, I've learned that this pitcher has been undergoing testing for a strained arm on background. So then I can report that so you know what's going on. Then on the record, I can say, well, the trainer sat down with me before the ball game and told me X, Y, and Z about this pitcher. So it's a different levels of attribution.

She goes in there and just battles these people on a daily basis. So she just deal with the attributions. Then she just goes in there. And from my friend who was a spokesperson in D.C., they have a briefing book, and you used to see Korean Jean-Pierre walk in with their briefing book. That briefing book has the position of your office holder. everything you could possibly be asked. Now, Karoline Leavitt doesn't use it. She's so sharp and she studies so much. And you would see Crean Jean-Pierre like flipping through the book, flipping through the book, trying to find the right answer. Caroline looked right there. That's why I thought she was so effective. And I thought Crean and John Pierre did such a horrible job as the White House Press Secretary. But I'm asking this morning, Who should we have as our next White House press secretary? Because they're speaking for the president. They're speaking for the White House. Now, I know people will go, well, you know, the press secretary for Marco Rubio is pretty good. And there's one over there for the Senate. And there's one over at the Department of Chair. Listen, we can go find anybody at Capitol Hill that wants to apply for this job. I want to think outside the box this morning. Who would be a great White House press secretary? So we put it out on Facebook. Facebook.com slash news radio, WRVA. I've got it as our James River Air text line. People are hitting me up 833, 804, 1140. Here's my top 10, Dave. You ready? Go for it. Number one, Stone Cold Steve Austin. That's a good one. All right. You be a member of the press. You ask me a question. So, Mr. Stone Cold. What? Uh, what is... What? Wow. He would be awesome, right? Yeah. Okay. And be up there slamming beers at the podium. Oh, yeah. He gets done with the press conference. This music comes up. He's slamming a beer as he walks out, giving the middle finger to everybody. He'd be awesome. All right. Here's my top ten list. I just put it up on Facebook. Stone Cold Steve Austin. Charles Barkley. Charles Barkley would be, he just looked at you, what did you say? He'd be great, okay? Kid Rock. Kid Rock walks out with the full Pimp outfit? Oh, he would be great. You said this earlier, so I included him, The Rock. Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Somebody asks a question, gives him the people's eyebrow. That would be good. He would be outstanding. All right. How about this one? And again, these are not partisan. I'm just trying to think outside the box. How about Snoop Dog? Well, what, Snoop Dog? Yeah. Just Snoop Dog, just standing up there. It'd be very chill. Yeah. Snoop Dog. It wouldn't be much yelling or sarcasm or anything. You know, you just kind of be, well, you know. Okay. Now, this one might be serious. You ready? Dana White.

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