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Florida Influencer Kicks Off White House Social Media Meeting (and yes, it goes as badly as you would expect) [View all]
Florida Influencer Kicks Off White House Social Media Meeting by Praising Deportations: ‘Uber Drivers Finally Speak English Again’ (The Wrap)The Trump administration continues to revamp how the Executive Branch interacts with the media, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday hosting the first-ever “influencer meeting.”
The meeting resembled a typical press briefing — except it was not held in the White House press briefing room, the room was less crowded than usual and it featured several prominent pro-Trump creators and media members, including former Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
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Spicer was seated in the front row next to Arynne Wexler, a conservative influencer with about 400,000 followers across X, TikTok and Instagram. Wexler, who dubs herself “just a nonlib girl in a superlib world,” was called on first by Leavitt.
“I can attest to the deportations in Florida — My Uber drivers finally speak English again, so thank you for that,” Wexler told Leavitt, drawing a few chuckles from the crowd, before asking about trans women participating in women’s sports.
The meeting resembled a typical press briefing — except it was not held in the White House press briefing room, the room was less crowded than usual and it featured several prominent pro-Trump creators and media members, including former Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
-snip-
Spicer was seated in the front row next to Arynne Wexler, a conservative influencer with about 400,000 followers across X, TikTok and Instagram. Wexler, who dubs herself “just a nonlib girl in a superlib world,” was called on first by Leavitt.
“I can attest to the deportations in Florida — My Uber drivers finally speak English again, so thank you for that,” Wexler told Leavitt, drawing a few chuckles from the crowd, before asking about trans women participating in women’s sports.
https://www.thewrap.com/trump-white-house-first-influencer-meeting-uber-deportations/
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