00:00White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt's Your Mom jab at reporters send social media into a frenzy.
00:07White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt shared a screenshot of a text message conversation between herself and HuffPost White House correspondent SV Date,
00:16and many people slammed her for her bizarre response.
00:20Date sent Levitt, 28, a text asking her if President Donald Trump was aware of the significance
00:27of scheduling an upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest.
00:32In 1994, Russia promised in Budapest not to invade Ukraine if it gave up the nuclear weapons it inherited when the Soviet Union dissolved.
00:41Date continued,
00:42Does he not see why Ukraine might object to that site?
00:46Who suggested Budapest?
00:48Levitt replied,
00:49Your mom did.
00:51When Date asked if Levitt thought the conversation was funny, she fired back at him, writing,
00:57It's funny to me that you actually consider yourself a journal.
01:00You are a far-left hack who nobody takes seriously, including your colleagues in the media, they just don't tell you that to your face.
01:07Stop texting me your disingenuous biased and BS questions.
01:12Levitt later shared the screenshot on her verified ex-account, claiming she wanted to
01:17provide context about the reporter behind the messages.
01:20In her caption, she accused Date of being a left-wing hack, who constantly bombards my phone with Democrat talking points, adding that she was exposing bias in the press.
01:31The post quickly drew thousands of reactions, with critics calling it unprofessional for a White House press secretary to publish a private exchange,
01:39while her supporters applauded her for calling out media activists.
01:43You actually posted this, thinking it made you look good?
01:47This is why record numbers of Republicans are leaving the party, one person wrote via X, while another person called Levitt a disgrace.
01:56A third X user chimed in and said,
01:58Are you a press secretary or a five-year-old? Seriously, you need to grow up.
02:02However, not everyone was upset by Levitt's word choice, and some even supported her response by saying,
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