Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt didn’t just struggle at Thursday’s White House briefing — she unraveled. Pressed by a row of unflinching female reporters demanding clarity on President Donald Trump’s explosive threats against Democratic lawmakers, the press secretary launched into shaky, shifting explanations that only raised more questions.

And when the follow-ups kept coming, her composure buckled — and the briefing ended in the most telling way possible.

It started about 22 minutes in when CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Nancy Cordes asked, “This morning, President Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of ‘SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR punishable by DEATH.’ Just to be clear, does the president want to execute members of Congress?”

Leavitt insisted he did not — and immediately shifted

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