MaddowBlog-Democrats go on offensive following Karoline Leavitt's 'deplorables' moment

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Given the White House press secretary’s casual condemnation of tens of millions of Americans, one congressional Democrat said she “should resign.”

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Donald Trump has been condemning people who disagree with him for quite a while, but the president’s rhetoric about Democrats has taken a rather hysterical turn lately. Earlier this month, for example, the Republican thought it’d be a good idea to push an online item that called Democrats “the party of hate, evil, and Satan.” About a week later, he said Democrats “have the devil’s ideology.”

That was, of course, the kind of ridiculous rhetoric Americans have never heard from a sitting president, but his over-the-top slander of his political opposition is spreading. Take the latest rhetoric from his chief spokesperson, for example.

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-10-16T17:09:37.030Z

......What’s more, a year ago at this time, Trump hosted a hate-filled rally at Madison Square Garden, featuring a pro-Trump comedian who described Puerto Rico as “a floating island of garbage.” A couple of days later, Joe Biden commented on the controversy, telling a group of Latino voters, “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters’, his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.”

Leavitt — at the time, a Trump campaign spokesperson — responded that the clumsy comment was proof that members of the Democratic White House “despise ... tens of millions of Americans.”

Evidently, now that it’s Leavitt doing the despising, she’s far less concerned.

Given Leavitt’s casual condemnation of tens of millions of Americans, one congressional Democrat, Rep. Greg Casar of Texas, said the White House press secretary “should resign,” adding, “They try to make us hate each other to distract from the fact that they’re robbing us all blind. It’s sick.”