Fans Are Losing Their Minds After Karoline Leavitt’s Explosive Clash With MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace — And Once the Truth Came Out, No One Could Stay Silent
Shockwaves ripped through political circles this week after Karoline Leavitt, the fiery White House Press Secretary, publicly eviscerated MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace for what many are calling one of the most “disgraceful moments in live television.”
It all began during Donald Trump’s historic speech before Congress on Tuesday night, where the President honored 13-year-old cancer survivor Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel by naming him an honorary Secret Service agent—a moment so moving that even political opponents were left in awe.
But not everyone.
In a jaw-dropping broadcast, Nicolle Wallace, 53, turned the touching tribute into a grim political attack.
“I hope he lives a long life,” Wallace began—only to veer sharply into controversial territory, invoking the January 6 Capitol riot.
She chillingly remarked, “I hope he never has to defend the U.S. Capitol against Donald Trump’s supporters… and if he does, I hope he isn’t one of the six who dies by suicide.”
The MSNBC anchor didn’t stop there—adding she hoped DJ would never have to testify against “seditious conspirators” later pardoned by Trump, dragging a teenage cancer survivor into the ugliest corners of political division.
Outrage erupted almost instantly.
Social media detonated. Critics accused Wallace of weaponizing a child’s courageous battle for her own partisan narrative.
And Karoline Leavitt wasn’t about to stay silent.
Standing at the White House press podium the very next morning, Leavitt, 27, delivered a thunderous rebuke heard across the nation.
With laser precision, she condemned Democratic politicians and mainstream media figures for allowing “Trump Derangement Syndrome” to blind them from celebrating “what should have been a unifying moment for all Americans.”
“They couldn’t even set aside their hatred long enough to honor a brave young boy,” Leavitt blasted, her voice ringing with righteous fury.
The incident has since exploded into a full-scale political firestorm—with Americans across the country rallying behind Leavitt’s bold stand, and many now demanding an apology from MSNBC.
White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, 27, blasted MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace after the television host ‘disgustingly’ tied a cancer-riddled boy to the gruesome January 6 Capitol riot.
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace (right), 53, managed to turn the President’s honorable gesture into a negative, introducing ‘suicide’ into the discussion about the terminally-ill teen (left)
‘The mainstream media still doesn’t get it. Last night, MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace disgustingly looped in a 13-year-old-boy with brain cancer into an attack on the president over January 6,’ Leavitt said.
The White House official then targeted CNN, noting the cable channel called the president’s speech ‘divisive’ on national television.
‘President Trump wasn’t divisive. The Democrats were – and CNN was proven wrong by their own viewers, 69 percent of whom, in a post-speech poll said they had a positive reaction to the President’s speech,’ Leavitt said.
Just moments later, she held up a printed copy of a CBS News/YouGov poll – which she claims was passed to her by the President – that showed 76 percent of Americans ‘approved’ of the speech.
Wallace returned to the air on Wednesday but refused to address growing calls for her to be fired.
During her segment, a remorseless Wallace continued bashing President Trump, while ignoring the harsh backlash she received.
However, the 53-year-old anchor was not the only MSNBC host to criticize the president’s speech.
Rachel Maddow, 51, said it was ‘disgusting’ that Trump honored Daniel while on Wednesday morning, ‘Morning Joe’ co-host Joe Scarborough said the speech was full of ‘so much nonsense.’
Thirteen-year-old cancer survivor Devarjaye ‘DJ’ Daniel is lifted up by his father after President Donald Trump made him an honorary member of the US Secret Service on March 4
The disgraced host returned to the air on Wednesday and refused to address growing calls for her to be fired after she made the vile remarks about the teen suffering from brain cancer
During her segment, a remorseless Wallace continued bashing President Trump, while ignoring the harsh backlash she received. Pictured: Daniel hugs Secret Service Director Sean Curran
‘For the record and this is disgusting, the president made a spectacle out of praising a young man who thus far has survived pediatric cancer, as if the president had something to do with that,’ she said.
Yet, even as the network nor Wallace have made any kind of statement about her off-color remarks, viewers are out for blood.
‘@MSNBC fire Nicole Wallace!!!!,’ one user wrote, while another added: ‘Nicolle Wallace is one twisted and hateful demon. She should be booted off MSNBC.’
‘This chick on MSNBC (Nicolle Wallace) needs to be fired for saying she hopes a 13-year-old cancer patient doesn’t kill himself,’ added another. ‘Like WTF?’
‘I call on the firing of Nicolle Wallace,’ said someone else – sentiments shared by at least dozens, most of them right-leaning in their beliefs.
‘This is the most repulsive thing I’ve heard uttered from someone’s mouth,’ wrote one such user, who added: ‘Leave the kids alone!’
The 13-year-old underwent 13 surgeries by the time he was 12 as he battles a rare brain and spine cancer with no cure.
He is trying to get sworn in to as many law enforcement agencies as possible as he and his family try to raise awareness about his condition.
At the time of his 2018 diagnosis, he was told he would likely only live another five months.
Held up by his father for the touching Tuesday night moment, the cancer-stricken teen received his badge from Director Sean Curran while Republicans in the House gallery chanted his nickname, ‘DJ.’
‘He has always dreamed of becoming a police officer,’ Trump said. ‘But in 2018, DJ was diagnosed with brain cancer.’
Trump makes boy battling brain cancer honorary Secret Service agent
‘The doctors gave him five months at most to live. That was more than six years ago. Since that time, DJ and his dad have been on a quest to make his dream come true.’
‘And tonight, DJ, we’re going to do you the biggest honor of them all.’
Childhood cancer remains rare in the US, with about 15,000 children diagnosed with the disease every year.
Cases of pediatric cancer have risen in recent years, but treatments have improved, leading to a decline in deaths from the disease.
‘Our goal is to get toxins out of our environment, poisons out of our food supply and keep our children healthy and strong,’ he said.