PoliticsKaroline Leavitt's Biggest Blunders Resurface After Eerie 'Shots Fired' Prediction at White House Correspondents' Dinner: 'President Chump'
The press secretary has had a few verbal slip-ups since taking on the role of Donald Trump's mouthpiece.
April 28 2026, Published 1:46 p.m. ET
Karoline Leavitt raised eyebrows after predicting shots would be "fired" at the White House Correspondents' Dinner shortly before a gunman stormed the event on Saturday, April 25.
However, the eerie moment was not the first time Leavitt has garnered attention for something she's said, as the press secretary has suffered a few verbal missteps since Donald Trump brought her on at just 27 years old.
'Under President Chump'
'There will be some shots fired,' Karoline Leavitt quipped at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25.
The White House's chief spokesperson accidentally referred to her boss by the wrong name during a press briefing following U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear sites last summer, according to Irish Star.
"Under President Chump, America will relentlessly advance our own interests without being in endless wars," Leavitt, 28, told reporters in June 2025.
'Grocery Pump'
Karoline Leavitt is the youngest White House press secretary in history.
The pregnant mother-of-one experienced another slip of the tongue earlier this year.
When Fox Business correspondent Edward Lawrence asked Leavitt when prices would "come down" during a February 2025 press conference, she replied, "Prices at the store and at the grocery pump?"
The moment quickly circulated on social media, with many mocking the error.
Michael Steele, co-host of MS Now's The Weeknight joked, "But 'on day one...!!' Trump told us 'I won on groceries. Very simple word, groceries...We're going to bring those prices way down.' I want my prices at the 'grocery pump' to go down NOW! I can't afford the eggs I need to put into my tank."
The 28-year-old has mixed up her words on several occasions.
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'Fighting Law and Order'
She's often trolled on social media by Donald Trump's critics.
One month later, per HuffPost's reporting, Leavitt mistakenly declared the Justice Department (DOJ) would be "fighting law and order" instead of "fighting for law and order."
Again, people on social media ridiculed the mistake — which supposedly occurred after a reporter asked whether the president wanted the DOJ to investigate members of the bipartisan January Select Committee.
"How does she say this s--- with a straight face?" one person wrote.
"'Fighting law and order' — I think that pretty accurately describes what the DOJ under Donald Trump is doing. Thanks, Karoline," someone else said.
In March, Karoline Leavitt accidentally said the DOJ will be 'fighting law and order.'
'Ending No Taxes on Tips'
She also mistakenly stated the president would be 'ending no taxes on tips.'
Leavitt also recently declared that Trump, 79, was committed to "ending no taxes on tips" — a statement that contradicted his 2024 campaign promise to get rid of taxes on tips.
One person responded to the gaffe, "Many people have problems with double negatives but Karoline Leavitt seems to struggle with single negatives."
"In all fairness, she struggles with everything," another social media user quipped.
