Karoline Leavitt Calls Out ‘Elitist’ Celebs After Grammys | EUROtoday

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt sneered on the “elitist” celebrities who spoke out in opposition to President Donald Trump and his immigrant deportation agenda throughout a politically-charged version of the Grammy Awards final Sunday.

Leavitt railed in opposition to the Hollywood set whereas speaking to the press exterior the White House on Tuesday.

“I think it’s very ironic and frankly sad to see celebrities who live in gated communities with private security, with millions of dollars to spend protecting themselves, trying to just demonize law enforcement,” she stated.

During the Grammys, an A-list roster of musical artists, together with Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber and Joni Mitchell, denounced Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sporting “ICE OUT” pins. Several of the night time’s massive winners additionally used their stage time to rail in opposition to the company and defend immigrants.

Among essentially the most high-profile critics was Album of the Year winner, Bad Bunny, who obtained a 30-second standing ovation when he started his first acceptance speech of the night by urging immigration brokers to again down.

“We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we are not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans,” the Puerto Rican famous person stated.

Leavitt painted the political statements as a transparent instance of Hollywood hypocrisy, then she invoked the names of two individuals who have been killed by undocumented immigrants throughout President Joe Biden’s administration.

“You didn’t hear this same kind of uproar from celebrities in Hollywood when the previous administration allowed an invasion of our nation’s borders and allowed innocent women and girls like Jocelyn Nungaray and Laken Riley to be killed and raped and murdered at the hands of people who should have never been in our country in the first place.”

Leavitt additionally tried to spice up the repute of ICE officers and the Trump deportation crackdown.

“Now you have law enforcement who are simply trying to do their jobs to remove violent predators like those who took the lives of innocent Americans,” she stated. “There was no uproar from Hollywood and the elitist crowd at the Grammys then, but there is now, and I think that speaks to the unfortunate irony that we’re seeing in Hollywood.”