Benny Johnson Begins Briefing by Asking Karoline Leavitt If Trump Will Give ‘Big Balls’ The Presidential Medal of Freedom

Alex Griffing Aug 12th, 2025, 2:22 pm

MAGA influencer and podcast host Benny Johnson joined the White House press briefing on Tuesday in the “new media seat” and kicked off the briefing by asking if President Donald Trump is considering giving DOGE employee “Big Balls’ a medal – after he was attacked on the streets of Washington, D.C.

“As always, we’ll start with our new media seat, who is our podcast host today, Benny Johnson. Benny, why don’t you kick us off, and thanks for being here,” Leavitt began.

“As a D.C. resident of 15 years, I’ve lived on Capitol Hill. I witnessed so many muggings and so much theft I lost track. I was carjacked. I have murders on my

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