White House Press Secretary speaks at CPAC 2025

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt joined Senior Fellow of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Mercedes Schlapp in the Potomac Ballroom Feb. 21 to share her experience as the youngest White House press secretary in history.  

The 27-year-old press secretary said the last time she attended CPAC, she was working in media row, a collection of media outlets and organizations tabling at the event. Leavitt said she was working a table that was promoting President Donald Trump’s campaign for the 2024 election. Now, she is elated to be working at the White House.  

Leavitt said she values Trump’s leadership skills because he is “deeply involved in every decision that is made, every speech that is written and every executive order that is signed,” and that Trump is unique in comparison to other political figures because he wants to be a part of the speech writing process — even at the grammatical level — and does not settle for a script from someone else. 

“President Trump cares about every word he is saying and every action he is taking, he’s our leader,” Leavitt said.  

Leavitt also noted that she appreciates Trump’s willingness to clearly communicate with her so that she can be adequately prepared for press briefings and media events. She said she enjoys working in her position because she trusts that Trump will put action to his words. 

Regarding her first press briefing, Leavitt said it required a lot of preparation, meetings with Trump and discussions with policy experts to decipher truthful reporting from fake news circulating around the internet.   

“… when I got to the podium, I realized the president is delivering on everything he said he was going to do, which makes my job as his spokeswoman easy, because I’m not working for a politician who’s lying …,” Leavitt said.  

Before joining the White House staff, Leavitt discussed her previous campaign for Congress at the age of 23 to represent her home state of New Hampshire. Although she did not win the general election, she said she was thankful to have tried because it taught her several lessons that are applicable to her position today.  

“First of all, running for office was an incredible experience, and I think it helped prepare me a lot for this job … but obviously public speaking, not being afraid and just doubling down on your positions and your values …,” Leavitt said.  

Leavitt commented that she is committed to her position because she wants to promote truth in the White House and uphold this country’s freedoms for her son’s future.  

“For him, and for all the other children in this country, we have a country to save, and you know I want my son to grow up in a free and patriotic America that we can be proud of …,” Leavitt said.   

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