On Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene proposed tossing foreign news outlets out of the White House briefing room and only allowing American media to be present.
Greene’s comments came after a video posted on X by Gunther Eagleman showed the White House press briefing, during which a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about federal agency staffing, including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) following Wednesday night’s crash between an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter.
She reposted Eagleman’s tweet, giving props to Leavitt’s work and also slammed the reporter for having a foreign accent. Greene wrote, “@PressSec is doing a wonderful job! Bringing sanity and common sense and throwing it in the faces of the nasty legacy media. How about that accent from that reporter? I think we need to throw out all the foreign press! American media first.”
.@PressSec is doing a wonderful job! Bringing sanity and common sense and throwing it in the faces of the nasty legacy media.
How about that accent from that reporter?
I think we need to throw out all the foreign press!
American media first! 🇺🇸 https://t.co/sWAqGZlvsP
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) January 31, 2025
Should foreign press be kicked from the briefings completely? Should they be allowed to stay but moved to the back of room?