WASHINGTON—White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed viral deportation videos put out on social media by President Donald Trump’s administration, saying that the administration is “unafraid” to “take responsibility and ownership” of it’s border policies.
During Monday’s White House press briefing, The Daily Wire asked Leavitt about new content promoted on social media by the administration’s top accounts, including the White House, Trump War Room, the Rapid Response 47 account, and others.
One of these videos, posted Monday morning by the White House “X” account, depicts illegal immigrants being handcuffed and put on planes to the tune of Semisonic’s song “Closing Time,” specifically the lines: “You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here.”
“I think the White House and our entire government clearly is leaning into the message of…