White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was called out Monday for refusing to answer a reporter’s question, instead resorting to a sophomoric response.

Leavitt’s exchange with the Huffington Post began on Thursday, when reporter S.V. Dáte asked her who suggested Budapest, Hungary, as the site of Donald Trump’s next meeting with Vladimir Putin.

In his text message, Dáte asked if Trump was “aware of the significance” of the city, considering it was there in 1994 when Russia pledged to not invade Ukraine if it relinquished its nuclear weapons. Russia has violated that pledge multiple times.

Leavitt’s response: “Your mom did.”

On Monday, Leavitt raised the topic again by posting on X a screenshot of their text exchange, in which she accused Dáte of being a “far left hack who nobody

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