Annie Holmquist - Intellectual Takeout
"Because the woman who orders well her household, loving her husband and training her children to recognize common sense, produces far more arrows to fight insidious ideology than any time spent at a podium will ever do." (Proverbs 31:10)
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"White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Wednesday that she is leaving her position as the public face of the Trump administration.
"The announcement was a bit surprising, not only because Leavitt just returned from maternity leave, but also because of her comments in recent months indicating that women can indeed have it all and raise a family while balancing a high-profile career. Now it seems the addition of another child has changed her perspective.
"'Being a mother and welcoming a new baby while working in one of the most demanding jobs in the world has been the most rewarding yet challenging season of my life, to say the least,” Leavitt wrote on X. “The truth is since returning to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have felt in my heart that I cannot be the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House Press Secretary….”
"Leavitt’s departure is coming at an inopportune time for the Trump administration, for as she acknowledges in her post, “Our country is facing an existential threat from an increasingly extremist Democrat Party that seeks to destroy everything great about America.” As recent primary elections indicate, that threat is the growing popularity of socialist-minded candidates."... More.
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