Leavitt defends Trump’s drug boat strikes, says Democrats attacking U.S. military 'stooped so low'

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• "It speaks to the depravity of the Democrat Party that they have stooped so low, they are attacking our military leadership," Leavitt said Tuesday on "Fox & Friends.""They are attacking the brave men and women who have conducted these strikes well within the law, following the orders from their commander-in-chief," she added.
• WASHINGTON POST STANDS BY HEGSETH 'KILL THEM ALL' REPORT ON BOAT STRIKE DESPITE TESTIMONY DENIAL White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt delivers remarks in the White House press briefing room in Washington, D. C., on Dec.
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• (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via ) Her comments come as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth prepares to brief a small group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers on the situation with Venezuela.
• Democratic leaders have been openly critical of the White House’s strikes on alleged narco-terrorists, with several calling them "war crimes." ‘ANOTHER D-DAY’: BIDEN ONCE URGED ‘INTERNATIONAL STRIKE FORCE’ ON NARCO-TERRORISTS AS DEMS NOW BLAST TRUMPBut Leavitt argues the Trump administration ran on taking tough action against drug smugglers and was elected by the American people.