"The exchange began on Oct. 17 when HuffPost correspondent Shirish Date asked who had recommended Budapest as the site for President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Your mom did, Leavitt texted back. Minutes later, White House communications director Steven Cheung piled on: Your mom. Shared by Date in an article, the insult ricocheted across social media, meriting a response from Leavitt for context and then back into HuffPost's favor."
"MAGA Makes Your Mom' Jokes. We Make Headlines, read the site's bold pitch, following Leavitt's online post of the exchange. Serious questions deserve better than middle school humor. I was kind of like, this is a serious war that's going on that has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainians in their homes, Date told Times' media reporter Erik Wemple. And then your response is, Your mom'?"
On Oct. 17 a HuffPost correspondent asked who recommended Budapest for President Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin; White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt replied "Your mom." White House communications director Steven Cheung echoed the insult. The exchange was shared by the reporter and spread across social media. HuffPost converted the incident into a membership drive that increased reader contributions by 66 percent in one day. The reporter criticized the juvenile reply as inappropriate given the serious war in Ukraine and its civilian toll. The reporter and HuffPost have maintained a critical stance toward the administration amid combative exchanges with communications staff.
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