As noted by Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump is continuing his attack on “illegal aliens” by signing a “proclamation designating February 22 as National Angel Family Day.” In another bid for the midterm elections, Trump held a ceremony at the White House, honoring “American lives tragically taken by criminal illegal aliens” who he stated should never have been in the US.
According to the official page for the event, the Angel Families event was to pay “solemn tribute to the second anniversary of Laken Riley’s murder.” Apparently Trump signed a “Proclamation designating February 22 as National Angel Family Day. a day of remembrance for victims and their grieving loved ones devastated by the consequences of open border policies.”
Meanwhile, the president states that America’s border is now “the most secure in history” and says the Trump administration “remains unwavering in its commitment to remove dangerous criminal illegal aliens from our communities, ensure accountability, and make sure not one more American family has to endure this pain.”
After CNN apparently refused to report on the new proclamation, Karoline Leavitt headed to X (formerly Twitter) to make herself heard.
She wrote, “@CNN is a total disgrace. President Trump hosted a powerful event honoring Angel Families who lost loved ones at the hands of illegal alien criminals and deadly drugs – but CNN refused to cover EVEN one second of it. That’s because CNN doesn’t care about the victims of illegal alien crime. They pretend to be a news organization, but they refuse to cover anything that doesn’t fit the Left’s narrative. This is why CNN is failing and losing all of their viewership.”
Among the reactions to the press secretary’s X post, one lonely comment stood up for Karoline, writing, “CNN will spend 24 hours covering a celebrity’s new haircut but won’t give 1 second to a presidential event honoring victims of crime. What exactly are their priorities? The bias is off the charts.”
Other than that, people were quick to slam her words, with one sharing a poster of Karoline Leavitt with the caption, “I want you to doubt your eyes and trust my lies.”
— chris welker (@chriswelker1972) February 23, 2026
Another social media user commented, “Meanwhile, your fave Fox News paints Jeffrey Epstein as just a guy who “helps people with their problems.”
Yet another wrote, “Nah they just chose not to broadcast propaganda, just like you always do.”
Next in line was a photo of Donald Trump, a young Melania Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell with the caption, “A global disgrace. Trump’s going down…”
Another social media user posted, “Because you are using these poor families to push propaganda.”
Among all the hate, yet another commented, “If the polls are ignored, and knowing Karoline she probably does. So maybe she’s unaware that Trump is failing miserably and his approval ratings, across the board.”
The next comment was from someone that half supported Leavitt and half not, writing, “My hear[t] goes out to Laken Riley’s mother but stats show an American is more likely to have a crime committed against them by an American. It’ all smoke and mirrors for this Trump administration.”
Yet another X user commented, “Your event was sad & pathetic performative theater …taking advantage of grieving families for your personal political gain. YOU ARE A DISGRACE!!”
